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Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan are frequently hit by flooding during the monsoon season. Since 2010, the region has suffered devastating floods that have left hundreds dead each year. [ 2 ] The worst flooding in the past 80 years occurred in 2010, when flooding in Pakistan resulted in more than 1,700 deaths and widespread damage.
It was considered the worst earthquake to affect Pakistan since the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Many survivors suffered broken bones or lost a limb when the buildings they were inside collapsed. [15] The earthquake affected a sparsely populated region of southern Pakistan where most of the population live in poverty.
Event Disaster Location Date Affected Death Toll; Earthquake/Tsunami: Makran: 325 BC: 1935 Quetta earthquake: Earthquake: Quetta: May 31, 1935: 60,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake
The following is a list of floods in Pakistan. In 1973 heavy rains in Indian Kashmir caused the Indus River to overflow and flood the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] 1992 India–Pakistan floods; 1993 Monsoon Floods Across South Asia killed fifteen people in Pakistan. [2] In 1995 heavy monsoon rains occurred in mid-July.
Pakistan is in the midst of a humanitarian disaster after extreme flooding prompted by "monster monsoon" rain this summer has led to a staggering number of casualties and damage, as well as ...
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East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) October 31 1961 11,468 Cyclone Winnie: May 6 – 9 1962 50,935 Tropical Storm Harriet: Thailand, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) October 19 – 31 1963 22,000 Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Two: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) May 28 1964 7,000 Tropical Storm Joan: Vietnam November 4 – 11 1965 47,000 1965 Bengal ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.