LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS. PART II B – PAKISTAN’S FLOODS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA.

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS. PART II B – PAKISTAN’S FLOODS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

NATURAL DISASTER FACED BY PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKES CYCLONES FLOODS LANDSLIDES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOP POLICIES FOR ACTIONS HAVING HIGH BENEFIT/COST GOAL: FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE

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]

ONE-FIFTH OF PAKISTAN AFFECTED

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.

BACKGROUND OF THE 2010 FLOOD DISASTER

Summer floods are common as a result of monsoon rains that swell rivers and streams across Pakistan, but 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 Punjab province.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: INUNDATED

FLOOD SWOLLEN RIVER: MINGORA, SWAT

MUZAFFARABAD: RISING FLOOD WATERS

PAKISTAN COMMUNITIES DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION FLOOD RISKS RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK TOWARDS FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT

FLOOD RESILIENCE GOALS PREPAREDNESS (BE READY FOR WHAT HAPPENS) PROTECTION (BUILD TO WITHSTAND) PREPAREDNESS (BE READY FOR WHAT HAPPENS) PROTECTION (BUILD TO WITHSTAND)

THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK HOMES COLLAPSED

NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD HOUSE

COLLAPSED HOUSE

THESE LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED, BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED

LOSS OF INFRASTRUCTURE HINDERED EMERGENCY RESPONSE

TRYING TO DIVERT WATER

FLOOD RESILIENCE GOALS REAL-TIME MONITORING AND WARNING SYSTEMS (EVACUATION) EMERGENCY RESPONSE (RESPOND TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE) RECOVERY/RECONST. (RESTORE TO NORMAL QUICKLY) REAL-TIME MONITORING AND WARNING SYSTEMS (EVACUATION) EMERGENCY RESPONSE (RESPOND TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE) RECOVERY/RECONST. (RESTORE TO NORMAL QUICKLY)

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.

EVACUATION WAS DIFFICULT EVERYWHERE

NOWSHERA: EVACUATION

NOWSHERA: EVACUATION TO A SAFE HAVEN

NOWSHERA: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN

EVACUATE WITH WHAT CAN BE CARRIED

THIS EVACUATION FROM CHARSADDA WAS DIFFICULT

CLINGING TO DEBRIS

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

OVER 3.5 MILLION CHILDREN IMPACTED

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.

International response to the appeal of the United Nations for $460 million was unusually slow due mainly to global economic slow- down.

MUZAFFARABAD: INADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER

INADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER

ADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER?

FOOD LINE IN PUNJAB PROVINCE: AUGUST 20

WAITING FOR FOOD

PESHAWAR: MELONS BECAME PRECIOUS

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.

30,000 Pakistani troops rescued 28,000 people using helicopters and other means, and distributed water and food.

NOWSHERA: PAKISTANI ARMY DISTRIBUTING WATER

By August 12 th, 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..

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.

On August 12 th, 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.

PROTESTERS: NOWSHERA

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.

LESSON: TO REACH THE GOAL OF FLOOD RESILIENCE ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY NEED TO HAVE A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING POLICIES THAT WILL LEAD TO FLOOD RESILIENCE.