1. NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012 HIGHLIGHTS (In Reverse Chronological Order Within Each Natural Hazard, Technological Hazard, or Environmental Hazard Category) Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. PART 3: FLOODS INDIA AUSTRALIA PAKISTAN

3. LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN FLOODS INUNDATION HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CONTENTS DAMAGED BY WATER WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS) EROSION AND MUDFLOWS CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH CASE HISTORIES

4. DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIA June 28, 2012

5. The Brahmaputra River overflowed during monsoon rains, flooding more than 2,000 villages and destroying homes in the northeast of the country

6. FLOOD: ASSAM STATE; JUNE 28, 2012

7. WILD BUFFALO GOING TO HIGHER GROUND; JUNE 28

8. STRANDED IN NAELENI VILLAGE: JUNE 28

9. SOME OF THE 500,000 EVACUEES: JUNE 29

10. ELDERLY AND YOUNG EVACUEES: JUNE 29

11. HOMELESS BULUT VILLAGE FAMILY: JUNE 30

12. PUMPING DRINKING WATER: BULUT VILLAGE; JUNE 30

13. WORST FLOODING IN RECENT HISTORY  Ninety-five dead  Over 2 million homeless.  Half a million evacuees are living in relief camps with disease prone conditions  Damaging landslides hindered relief operations

15. WALLA WALLA, A FARMING COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA March 1-6, 2012

16. MARCH 1-6, 2012: WORST FLOODING SINCE 1974 9,000 people were evacuated after a week of rain and flooding that damaged 1,000 houses Local authorities declared a state of emergency, which gave police and the army more authority to carry out search and rescue ops.

17. The Mummumbidgee River, swollen after 20 cm (8 in) of rainfall, peaked at 10.56 m, just below the height of Walla Walla’s protective levee.

18. FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA

19. PAKISTAN’S EXPERIENCES ANOTHER FLOOD DISASTER January 3, 2012

20. SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS CAUSE FLOOD DISASTER AGAIN IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

21. PAKISTAN: FLOOD ZONES

22. DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIA June 28, 2012

23. PAKISTAN: 2012 FLOODING

24. 17 million people have been affected by the floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains

25. SOUTH PAKISTAN: Three cities in the Sindh Province along with at least 400,000 people been told to evacuate after heavy rains

26. IMPACTS TO DATE Over 1,000 dead. 3 million hectares of farmland have been destroyed along with crops of rice, maize, sugar, cane and cotton. 116,000 farm animals killed Approximately 5 million have been left homeless, with no place to go

27. IMPACTS (continued) Millions have little or nothing to eat at present in spite of the government’s best efforts The water is very dirty, and if uncorrected, could create the potential for a healthcare disaster.

28. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE THE GOVERNMENT’S STATED PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES FULLY FUNCTIONAL JAPAN, CHINA, AND THE USA HAVE PROMISED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE

29. EXPERIENCE IN 2011 One year after the historic flood disaster of 2010, widespread flooding impacted Pakistan again, affected 5.2 million people and killing at least 2,000

30. Summer floods are common in Pakistan as a result of monsoon rains that typically swell rivers and streams across the country.

31. EXPERIENCE IN 2010

32. NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY FLASH FLOODS AFTER PROLONGED MONSOON RAINS JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 2010

33. 2010’s floods following monsoon rains were the worst in 80 years and set new records.

34. DERA ISMAIL KHAN: INUNDATED

35. MUZAFFARABAD: RISING FLOOD WATERS

36. THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK HOMES COLLAPSED

37. NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD HOUSE

38. COLLAPSED HOUSE

39. TRYING TO DIVERT WATER

40. SOME LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED, BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED

41. PESHAWAR: MELONS BECAME PRECIOUS

42. CLINGING TO DEBRIS

43. NOWSHERA: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

44. SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

45. SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN

46. CHARSADDA: TRYING TO EVACUATE

47. EVACUATION: CARRYING SELECTED POSSESSIONS

48. NOWSHERA: EVACUATION

49. NOWSHERA: EVACUATION TO A SAFE HAVEN

50. EVACUATION IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TASK

51. MUZAFFARABAD: INADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER

52. 30,000 Pakistani troops rescued 28,000 people using helicopters and other means, and distributed water and food.

53. NOWSHERA: PAKISTANI ARMY DISTRIBUTING WATER

54. FLOOD DISASTER RECOVERY IS FACILITATED BY PUBLIC POLICIES THAT INTEGRATE RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE WITH THE NATION’S POLITICAL PROCESS