1. SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS CAUSE FLOOD DISASTER AGAIN IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN JANUARY 3, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. FLOOD DISASTERS

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. 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

5. PAKISTAN’S EXPERIENCE IN 2012 Another flood disaster

6. PAKISTAN: FLOOD ZONES

7. PAKISTAN: 2012 FLOODING

8. 17 million people have been affected by the floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains.

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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. EXPERIENCE IN 2010

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

17. 2010’s floods following monsoon rains were the worst in 80 years and set new records.

18. DERA ISMAIL KHAN: INUNDATED

19. MUZAFFARABAD: RISING FLOOD WATERS

20. THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK HOMES COLLAPSED

21. NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD HOUSE

22. COLLAPSED HOUSE

23. TRYING TO DIVERT WATER

24. SOME LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED, BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED

25. PESHAWAR: MELONS BECAME PRECIOUS

26. CLINGING TO DEBRIS

27. NOWSHERA: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

28. SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

29. SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN

30. CHARSADDA: TRYING TO EVACUATE

31. EVACUATION: CARRYING SELECTED POSSESSIONS

32. NOWSHERA: EVACUATION

33. NOWSHERA: EVACUATION TO A SAFE HAVEN

34. EVACUATION IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TASK

35. MUZAFFARABAD: INADEQUATE TEMPORARY SHELTER

36. 30,000 Pakistani troops rescued 28,000 people using helicopters and other means, and distributed water and food.

37. NOWSHERA: PAKISTANI ARMY DISTRIBUTING WATER