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INUNDATION PARALYSIS
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FLASH FLOODS FROM MONSOON RAINS IMPACT NORTHWEST
PAKISTAN AGAIN
AUGUST 1-17, 2013
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Summer floods are common as a result of monsoon rains that swell
rivers and streams across Pakistan.
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IN VIEW OF PAST FLOODING DISASTERS, PAKISTAN’S
GOVERNMENT CRITICIZED FOR LACK OF FLOOD DISASTER
RESILIENCE MEASURES
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SOCIETAL IMPACTS
Monsoon rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in different parts of northwestern Pakistan, blocking roads, flooding streams and washing away houses and crops.
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SOCIETAL IMPACTS
• More than 81,000 people affected
• Hundreds dead.
• Health care issues.
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AERIAL VIEW
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VILLAGES OVERWHELMED
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INUNDATION PARALYSIS
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EVACUATION
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INNOVATION
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RESCUE
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TRYING TO SURVIVE
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A TEMPORARY SHELTER
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RECOVERY: A CHALLENGE!
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FLASHBACK TO 2010
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NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY
CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AFTER PROLONGED
MONSOON RAINS
JULY 28-AUGUST 23, 2010
[NOTE: War and Ramadan (which began on Aug 12) were major hinderances]
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ONE-FIFTH OF PAKISTAN AFFECTED
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2010’s floods, which began in May and continued through August, were
the worst in 80 years, setting records in the province of
KhyberPakhtunkhwa, parts of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir
region, and the eastern province of Punjab.
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In Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan troops flew dramatic helicopter rescue missions in militant-held
territory, displaying "acts of heroism that were awe inspiring," according to a spokesman for the Combined Air Power Transition
Force.
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Over 1,600 Pakistanis died (and probably many more) and more than 20,000,000 were impacted, including 3,500,000 children, as rains swelled rivers, inundated
villages, and triggered landslides, causing entire villages, roads, and
bridges to be swept away and leaving some areas isolated.
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The survival of some of the poorest of the poor living in the districts of Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar,
Swat, and Lower Dir became problematic very early because of
the prolonged, catastrophic nature of the monsoon rains and flooding.
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The United Nations announced Saturday, July 31, that they would
provide $10 million dollars for immediate emergency assistance
and would appeal for 460 million for an emergency effort to provide
food, medicine, water, and shelter, especially for 3.5 million children.
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International response to the appeal of the United Nations for $460
million was unusually slow due, in part, to global economic problems.
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The USA provided $60 million for immediate emergency assistance
along with Navy and Marine helicopters, rescue boats, water
filtration units, prefabricated steel bridges and thousands of packaged
meals, which Pakistani soldiers tossed from helicopters
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The rains paused on Monday, August 2, for a time, but survival for thousands was already a race with
time as evacuation, search and rescue, mass care (food, clean water, and short- and long-term health care to
prevent disease) were severely hindered by the widespread
inundation and loss of infrastructure.
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On August 12th, Pakistan’s President Zardari made his first trip to Sukkur to view the flood impacts
and to assure angry citizens concerned that they had been
abandoned, that the Government was working very hard to obtain
international relief.
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The people protested to the government, because they
perceived that the urgent need adequate temporary shelters,
and clean drinking water and toilets to avert a public health catastrophe
was NOT being met.
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PROTESTERS: NOWSHERA
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By August 12th, rain-swollen rivers were receding, but the disaster was
still growing because many of Pakistan’s poorest of the poor families had not only lost their
homes, but also the ability to feed themselves, and were now threatened with disease..
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: INUNDATED
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FLOOD SWOLLEN RIVER: MINGORA, SWAT
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MUZAFFARABAD: RISING FLOOD WATERS
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THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK HOMES COLLAPSED
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NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD HOUSE
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TRYING TO DIVERT WATER
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LOSS OF INFRASTRUCTURE HINDERED EMERGENCY RESPONSE
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OVER 3.5 MILLION CHILDREN IMPACTED
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COLLAPSED HOUSE
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THESE LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED, BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED
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PESHAWAR: MELONS BECAME PRECIOUS
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CLINGING TO DEBRIS
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NOWSHERA: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND
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SEEKING HIGHER GROUND
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SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN
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THIS EVACUATION FROM CHARSADDA WAS DIFFICULT
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EVACUATION WAS DIFFICULT EVERYWHERE
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NOWSHERA: EVACUATION
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NOWSHERA: EVACUATION TO A SAFE HAVEN
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EVACUATE WITH WHAT CAN BE CARRIED
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EVACUATE WITH WHAT CAN BE CARRIED
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EVACUATE WITH WHAT CAN BE CARRIED
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EVACUAE WITH WHAT CAN BE CARRIED
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MUZAFFARABAD: INADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER
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INADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER
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ADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER?
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30,000 Pakistani troops rescued 28,000 people using helicopters and other means, and distributed water
and food.
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WAITING FOR FOOD
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NOWSHERA: PAKISTANI ARMY DISTRIBUTING WATER
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FOOD LINE IN PUNJAB PROVINCE: AUGUST 20
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FOOD LINE IN PUNJAB PROVINCE: AUGUST 20