Initial information
From 14 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, and caused ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.9 billion) of damage and ₨ 3.3 trillion ($15.2 billion) of economic losses. The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers that followed a severe heat wave both of which are linked to climate change. Balochistan Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan ad Kashmir and southern parts of Punjab
Further information: Climate change in Pakistan
The minister of climate change of Pakistan, Sherry Rahman, said that the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan had received more rainfall than the August average, with 784% and 500% more, respectively.Higher than average monsoon rains were also recorded in India and Bangladesh The rise in sea surface temperatures is believed to increase monsoon rainfall.In addition, southern Pakistan experienced back-to-back heat waves in May and June, which were record-setting and themselves made more likely by climate change The heatwaves also triggered glacial flooding in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but is one of the places most vulnerable to climate change. A study by an international team of climate scientists says that global heating made the flooding up to 50% worse and future floods more likely. Deforestation in Pakistan has also been a factor worsening the floods
Impact
1,739 people died, including 647 children, and an additional 12,867 were injured. Over 2.1 million people were left homeless because of the floods. These are the deadliest floods in Pakistan since 2010, when nearly 2,000 died in flooding and the deadliest in the world since the 2020 South Asian floods. Around 10–12% of Pakistan was flooded the total area of standing floodwaters peaked between July and August at approximately 32,800 square miles (84,952 km2).Agricultural fields were also devastated by the flooding.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Union (EU), the United Nations agencies with technical facilitation by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank concluded that damages exceed $14.9 billion. Economic losses were estimated to reach about $15.2 billion, and estimated needs for rehabilitation and reconstruction in a resilient way are at least $16.3 billion.
The floods affected 33 million people in Pakistan and destroyed 897,014 houses and damaged another 1,391,467. 1,164,270 livestock have been killed, most of them in the province of Balochistan, while destruction to 13,115 kilometres (8,149 mi) of roads and 439 bridges impeded access across flood-affected areas. Over 22,000 schools were damaged or destroyed.
Aid workers warned that lack of clean drinking water caused an increase in waterborne diseases, namely diarrhoea, cholera, dengue, and malaria. Skin infections caused by wet conditions have also been widely reported.
Response
Army officers, federal cabinet members, and senators will donate their one-month salary for the flood relief fund.PTCL Group, Pakistan’s largest telecom authority announced ₨. 1.75 billion(or US$8 million) to support flood relief efforts
Welfare organizations
Welfare organizations also helped immensely Helped flood victims through relief supplies and relief camps in flood affected areas welfare organizations Who made efforts to help the flood victims Some of them are named below
FGRF, Al-khidmat, Akhwat, TLP, Sar e aam and so on.
Army helicopter crash
On 1 August 2022, a Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter on flood relief operations in the Lasbela area of Balochistan lost contact with air traffic control. The six military personnel on board, including the commander of the XII Corps, Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali, died in the crash. Reports from Pakistani authorities on their early investigations attributed the crash to poor weather conditions
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