Flood in Pakistan-2022

Since June of 2022, floods caused by monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan killed at least 1,003 people, including 340 children and six military officers in a helicopter crash and over 1,700 more were injured. It is world’s deadliest flood since 2017.

Heavy monsoon rainfall and floods have affected 30 million people in Pakistan since mid-June, destroying nearly 218,000 houses and damaging some 452,000 more.Sindh and Balochistan are the two most affected provinces in terms of human and infrastructural impact. Over 700,000 livestock have been killed, nearly all of them in Balochistan Province, while destruction to nearly 3,000 km of roads and 145 bridges have impeded access across flood-affected areas.Over 17,560 schools were damaged or destroyed as well. At the request of the Balochistan Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), a multisectoral rapid needs assessment was undertaken in 10 districts of Balochistan to identify priority needs and gaps across sectors. Humanitarian partners are supporting the Government-led response in affected areas, redirecting existing resources to meet the most urgent needs while working to further scale up the response.

Balochistan

Balochistan has suffered a lot due to heavy rain and floods that have inundated several villages and claimed approximately 260 lives.In many areas, rainwater infiltrated many homes and made them uninhabitable. More than 300 families were displaced and damaged over 50,000 homes, according to PDMA Balochistan. and 304,000 acres of crops were lost. According to the Relief Commissioner Provincial Disaster Management, Balochistan’s capital Quetta has been declared a disaster area due to rains, and an emergency had been declared in the province.The full extent of the devastation is still unknown. Poor infrastructure and extreme poverty has increased vulnerability.

 

Gilgit-Baltistan

Since July, a total of at least 15 people were killed and floods badly affected the Karakoram Highway and roads were closed for traffic at several places due to landslides. On 26 August, most parts of the villages in Ghizer were destroyed by the flood among these are Buber Valley, Gahkuch and Gulmuti. The residents were asked to evacuate the flood affected areas. River levels are rising to an extremely dangerous height.

According to GB Min­ster Information Fa­taullah Khan, the flash floods swept away at least 50 bridges and roads.

He added that floods rendered 350 families homeless. Temporary camps have been set up in the area with the pro­vision of relief items, food, blankets etc .

Flash floods also dam­aged dozens of houses roads, communication and power infrastruc­ture, agriculture land and irrigation channels.

Local have been stranded in many areas of Ghizer, Gilgit, Hunza, Nagir, Diamer, Astor and Baltistan region due to suspension of electricity, telephone and road con­nectivity.

The electricity to Gilgit city has been suspended for the last two days due to damaged powerhouse.

Sindh

At least 320 people have been killed and 701 have been injured by floods in Sindh.Among the fatalities were three young children, who lost their lives when the roof of their house collapsed in Kandhkot. 57,496 houses were severely damaged or completely destroyed, mostly in the Hyderabad Division, and 830 cattle were killed. 1.54 million acres of farmland had been swept away by the floods. The CM said that high flood level was recorded at the River Indus, Guddu Barrage has 517,392 cusecs upstream and downstream flows, Sukkur Barrage 597,753 and Kotri 297,178 cusecs flow. “Comparatively the embankments of our rivers are in a better condition than the flood situation of 2010 and 2011, but various vulnerable points are still under pressure,” he said.

Punjab

In Punjab a total of 184 people have lost their lives and 233 others suffered injuries in recent floods.178,000 acres of farmland were lost. The displaced families have been scrambling for survival in the region, especially at Kaha Sultan (Rajanpur), Vadoor (Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil), Sanghar and Wahowah (Taunsa Sharif tehsil). In Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil, the third spell of rains and flood inundated areas of Mamoori and claimed 11 lives — two women and eight children among them. Tibi Qaisrani, western and eastern Narri and other places have been hit by the flood and roof collapse incidents.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Since July, a total of at least 187 people have been killed and 320 others were injured by floods.Among them were five children in Upper Dir District, who had been returning home from school, before they were swept away and eventually drowned by flooding. In the Swat District, a newly built hotel had collapsed due to excessive flooding. The southwestern part of the province was previously affected by an earthquake in neighbouring Afghanistan two months earlier.

Kashmir

At least 41 people were killed by flooding in Azad Kashmir