Flood Affected Areas of PakistanTypes of floods in PakistanThere are many types of flood that occur in the country almost every year. Monsoon floods:are common in Pakistan. Monsoon rain can fill river basins with much water coupled with melting snows. Torrential rains from decaying monsoon low pressure area can also produce river flooding. Flash floods:also occur in Pakistan; they are common in the northern areas of the country and cause great loss of life there. Floods due to the breachesof river embankments and canal breeches are a frequent occurrence in all the districts of Pakistan. Urban floods:occur in the major cities of Pakistan, they are also common in the monsoon season. Coastal floods:occur when a tropicalstorm makes landfall in the coastal areas of the country. The south-easternSindhand the Makran coast bear the brunt of such floods.Latest Floods in PakistanHistorical floods in Pakistan

YearFatalitiesPeople affected

2005591,931

20079182 million+

20101,781+20 million

20114348.9 million

In 2007,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and coastalBalochistanwerebadly affecteddue to monsoon rainfall. Sindh and coastal Balochistan were affected byCyclone Yemyinin June and then torrential rains in July and August, while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was affected by melting glaciers and heavy rainfall in July and August. At least 130 people died and 2,000 were displaced in Khyber-Pakhtunkwain in July and 22 people died in August, while 815 people died in Balochistan and Sindh due to flash floods. In 2010, almost all of Pakistan was affected whenmassive floodingcaused by record breaking rains hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The number of individuals affected by the flooding exceeds the combined total of individuals affected by the2004 Indian Ocean tsunami,the 2005 Kashmir earthquakeand the2010 Haiti earthquake.At least 2,000 people died in this flood and almost 20 million people were affected by it.Figure 1: Flood Affected People

In September 2011, at least 361 people were killed; some 5.3 million people and 1.2 million homes affected as well 1.7 million acres of arable land inundated when massive floods swept across the province ofSindhas a result of monsoon rains. The flood was originated mostly because of rainfall and observed the highest ever recorded monsoon rain in Sindh started from Aug 11, 2011 to Sept 14, 2011. So the inundated area increased respectively with rainfall and ceased on Sept 15, 2011 effectively with the stop of rainfall. The floods caused considerable damage; an estimated 434 civilians were killed, with 5.3 million people and 1,524,773 homes affected.The following are the heavy rainfalls recorded in Sindh province in the months of August and September 2011 based on data from thePakistan Meteorological Department.CityAugust Rainfall (mm)Rainfall (in)September Rainfall (mm)Rainfall (in)Total Rainfall (mm)Total Rainfall (in)

Mithi530*21.0760*30.01290*51.0

Mirpur Khas263.1*10.3603*23.7866.1*34.1

Nawabshah275.2*10.8353.2*13.9628.4*24.7

Badin331.2*13.0284.111.1615.3*24.2

Chhor27610.926810.6544*21.4

Dadu134.15.2348.113.7482.2*18.9

Padidan251.29.81726.8423.2*16.6

Hyderabad162.26.3244.29.6406.416.0

Karachi61.22.4212.28.3273.310.7

In September 2012, more than 100 people died, and thousands of homes destroyed, with thousands of acres of arable land affected when intense rainfall battered Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Southern Punjab and Upper Sindh. CityRainfall (mm)Rainfall (in)Province

Sukkur2068.11Sindh

Shorkot152*5.9*Punjab

Rahim Yar Khan2369.29Punjab

Larkana2399.4Sindh

Khanpur291*11.45*Punjab

Jacobabad481*18.94*Sindh

Chhor1375.3Sindh

Rahim Yar Khan2369.29Punjab

In August 2013, more than 80 people died.

In September 2014 Due to massive rain inJammu and Kashmiras well asAzad Jammu and Kashmirand in Punjab.Constituted flood situation inRiver ChenabandRiver Jhelum.