Support Flood victims in Pakistan

At a Glance
POPULATION AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS 33M
PEOPLE IN NEED 6.4M
PEOPLE TARGETED 5.2M
REQUIREMENTS (US$) $160.3M
6.4M PEOPLE IN NEED
5.2M PEOPLE TARGETED The catastrophic floods caused by torrential rains have wreaked havoc in all provinces of Pakistan. About 33 million people have been displaced. That's 6 times more people than those internally displaced in Ukraine from war, that's roughly 90% of the population of Canada. That's how many people are internally homeless right now. That's more than the entire population of Australia, and 3 times that of Portugal.

According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, the floods have affected more than 33 million people and destroyed or damaged more than 1 million houses. At least 1,100 people were killed by floodwaters that inundated tens of thousands of square kilometres of the country. Across the country, about 150 bridges and 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) of roads have been destroyed, according to ReliefWeb. More than 700,000 livestock and 2 million acres of crops and orchards have also been lost.

The immense volume of rain- and meltwater inundated the dams, reservoirs, canals, and channels of the country’s large and highly developed irrigation system. In the southern reaches of the Indus watershed, the deluge has turned plains into seas. The districts of Qambar and Shikarpur in Sindh province, which from July 1 to August 31 received 500 percent more rainfall than average. The provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh saw rainfall of 410 percent and 466 percent above average, respectively, from early June to Aug. 29. The ensuing floods have ravaged towns and upended lives.

The effect of the monsoon rains has been compounded by the continued melting of Pakistan’s 7,000 glaciers. In the rugged northern part of the country, the combined rain and meltwater has turned slopes into hill torrents. On August 30, the Pakistani government declared a national emergency and, with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, called for international aid for humanitarian relief efforts.

Ref: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/31/pakistan-floods-photos-videos-maps/

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