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Pakistan: Flash Flood: 2012/08/23 Country Information on DRR

Period 2012/08/23
Country or District Pakistan
Event Type Flash Flood
Outline Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 26 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in northern Pakistan.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
Government of Pakistan 2012/10/11
Dead: 455
Injured: 2,884
Affected: 5,056,489
Partially damaged houses: 191,003
Fully damaged houses: 275,023
Government of Pakistan 2012/10/03
Dead: 442
Injured: 2,912
Affected: 4,668,215
Partially damaged houses: 169,161
Fully damaged houses: 237,977
Government of Pakistan 2012/10/01
Dead: 430
Injured: 2,912
Affected: 4,760,790
Partially damaged houses: 166,963
Fully damaged houses: 235,434
Government of Pakistan 2012/09/20
Dead: 370
Injured: 1,197
Affected: 4,472,351
Partially damaged houses: 154,293
Fully damaged houses: 120,642
Government of Pakistan 2012/09/17
Dead: 262
Injured: 815
Affected: 1,156,507
Partially damaged houses: 53,934
Fully damaged houses: 19,465
Government of Pakistan 2012/09/12
Dead: 139
Injured: 182
Partially damaged houses: 6884
Fully damaged houses: 1996
Government of Pakistan 2012/09/06
Dead: 46
Injured: 44
Partially damaged houses: 4835
Fully damaged houses: 717
Government of Pakistan 2012/09/03
Dead: 29
Injured: 16
Partially damaged houses: 4367
Fully damaged houses: 620
Government of Pakistan 2012/08/29
Dead: 29
Injured: 16
Partially damaged houses: 4367
Fully damaged houses: 620
Government of Pakistan 2012/08/27
Dead: 28
Injured: 10
Partially damaged houses: 657
Fully damaged houses: 585
Government of Pakistan 2012/08/24
Dead: 26
Injured: 9
Partially damaged houses: 720
Fully damaged houses: 70
Government of Pakistan 2012/08/23
Dead: 21
Damaged houses: 752

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Report/Articles

Government of Pakistan 2012/10/11
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (11 October, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/10/03
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (3 October, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/10/01
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (1 October, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/09/20
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (20 September, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/09/17
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (17 September, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/09/12
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (12 September, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/09/06
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (6 September, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/09/03
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (3 September, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/08/29
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (29 August, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/08/27
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (27 August, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/08/24
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (24 August, 2012)

Government of Pakistan 2012/08/23
Summary - Detail of damages due to rains (22-23 August, 2012)

IFRC 2012/08/29
So far, 28 people have lost their lives while some 1,200 houses and shops have been damaged.

AFP 2012/08/23
The majority of the deaths in Kashmir came when buildings collapsed due to the rains, and a further nine people died in flooding in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Pictures

UN Institute for Training and Research, UNOSAT 2012/09/27
Situation Overview: floods over the cities of Jacobabad and Dera Allah Yar, Sindh and Balochistan Provinces, Pakistan (As of 20 September 2012)