Pakistan Floods

THE FLOODING OF PAKISTAN Pakistan is facing a slow-motion tsunami. Its destructive power will accumulate and grow with time.. Make no mistake: this is a global disaster, a global challenge. It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks to the General Assembly, New York, 19 Aug. '10 Foreign aid is finally beginning to reach someof the 20 million survivors of Pakistan's devastating floods, three weeks after thecrisis began. About one-fifth of the country's territory has been affected and six million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance, with fears growing over potential outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and malaria 1.6 m 200,000 20m 6m Displaced people, the largest number in recent world history Million people are homeless according to UN acres of crops have been ruined by the floods livestock have died and millions more are at risk, according to the FAO. PAKISTAN FLOODS AFFECTED DISTRICTS as of Aug 25 The floods, which began in late July after heavy monsoon rains over the upper reaches of the Indus River basin, have ploughed a swathe of destruction from northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan PEOPLE AFFECTED (milions) July 2009 North-West Frontier 4.37 Punjab 8.2 h Indus River Sindh 3.68 The flooding has also devastated parts of nerthwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provnce, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Pakistan's war against Taliban insurgents NORTH WEST FRONTER Pakistani- controlled Kashmir 0.25 Baluchistan 0.67 Kotri barrage The final such Peshawat O structure before the river empties into the Arabian Sea. Islamabac HOMES DAMAGED Hyderabad KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 1,226,678 Flood-affected districts PUNJAB 4 km Punjab 500,000 Lahore Sindh 462,251 August 19, 2010, when the Landsat-5 satellite acquired the top false-color inage, the floods had started to reach the Kotri Barrage, an irrigation structure immediately north of Hyderabad. North-West 175,935 Moderate FATA Frontier Baluchistan Pakistani- contralled Kashmir 75,261 Severe Quetta Multan The river above the 9,292 barrage is several kilometers widen PAKISTAN than normal Jacobabad O Indus River Weather officials say the floods could recede in Purjab but there is a danger of more rain in Sindh. These provinces, where the majority of Pakistanis live, have been hit hardest BALOCHISTAN Indus River SINDH Kotri barrage Hyderabad Hyderabad O 200 miles 4 km Karachi 320km FATA - Federaly-Aeministered Trial Aeas COMMITMENT OF AID As of Aug 24 (rounded figures) FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN as of Aug. 23 Not inclusive of $78.18m which has not been allocated a section Fanded Remaining Sm Sm 50 100 50 Funded $263,525,014 Food security O 460 57% Water, sanitation and hygiene O32% 102 Shelter and non-food items 37% Requied S459,724,847 Health 39% Lagistics and communications 57% 80 74 Nutrition 43% O 47% O 88% 64.4 Protection Remairing S196,199,833 10 5115 47 40 31.62 33 15.75 14.81 177 14.44 998 6.06 5.04 5.00 3.95 16.60 T1.74 20 9.26 0.85 5.77 1.68 1.52 1.47 1.34 132 100 1.00 0 0.80 0.66 0.50 0.40 0.33 013 0.08 0.03 FLOOD DAMAGE AS BIG AS ITALY DISPLACED COUNTRY Tents put up by the Pakistani Army in the Sinch province A way of seeing the inmensity of the floor damage is superimposing the flood damage over Italy, then we can really see the extent of the are that has been affected and flooded Size of the flood Islamabad Size of the fiaad compared to ltele PAKISTAN Other natural disaster andf the displacement of people 200 Isunami Hati Pakistan flcods 1.8m 1.2m 20m Europe: Cold air breaks warm summer spell THE CULPRIT Typically, jetstream runs at 7-12km A "blocking event" in the above ground from west to east movement of the Powertul, spinning currents known as jetstream over the northernhemisphere is believed to be behind the Rossby waves deflect jet stream north or south lets tream usually over powers Rossby waves, shifting the meast and dragging weather systems along sequence of extreme weatherevents from Late July: Powerful Rossby curents - strong enough to match jet stream - bleck eastward shift. Weather systems become static and persist for Russia's heatwave to Pakistan: Cold, low pressure Eastern Europe Hot, Russia Hot alr, now humid air from Africa dry, creates heat wave air causes exceptionally heavy brings rain torrential rains in Paki- stan and China rain in mountains to north weeks Land surtaoe tempeature anonaly 0'C compad to poars 2000-08 Soe eUNOCHA, Intres, P, vie ercies, SerRNGS, Guptic News, Nee Scertin, Releves, Uhied Neton Calere n, Dayrn Rulde Tan, luis Yeuestaf Ne UN Central Emergency Response Fund prunag 8 ryuer us E| pura S| punoaz maN eprur) under vapans spurquayaN NCOS / Red Cross socs. Aurua) Saudi Arabia Jnited Kingdom United States THE FLOODING OF PAKISTAN Pakistan is facing a slow-motion tsunami. Its destructive power will accumulate and grow with time.. Make no mistake: this is a global disaster, a global challenge. It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks to the General Assembly, New York, 19 Aug. '10 Foreign aid is finally beginning to reach someof the 20 million survivors of Pakistan's devastating floods, three weeks after thecrisis began. About one-fifth of the country's territory has been affected and six million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance, with fears growing over potential outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and malaria 1.6 m 200,000 20m 6m Displaced people, the largest number in recent world history Million people are homeless according to UN acres of crops have been ruined by the floods livestock have died and millions more are at risk, according to the FAO. PAKISTAN FLOODS AFFECTED DISTRICTS as of Aug 25 The floods, which began in late July after heavy monsoon rains over the upper reaches of the Indus River basin, have ploughed a swathe of destruction from northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan PEOPLE AFFECTED (milions) July 2009 North-West Frontier 4.37 Punjab 8.2 h Indus River Sindh 3.68 The flooding has also devastated parts of nerthwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provnce, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Pakistan's war against Taliban insurgents NORTH WEST FRONTER Pakistani- controlled Kashmir 0.25 Baluchistan 0.67 Kotri barrage The final such Peshawat O structure before the river empties into the Arabian Sea. Islamabac HOMES DAMAGED Hyderabad KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 1,226,678 Flood-affected districts PUNJAB 4 km Punjab 500,000 Lahore Sindh 462,251 August 19, 2010, when the Landsat-5 satellite acquired the top false-color inage, the floods had started to reach the Kotri Barrage, an irrigation structure immediately north of Hyderabad. North-West 175,935 Moderate FATA Frontier Baluchistan Pakistani- contralled Kashmir 75,261 Severe Quetta Multan The river above the 9,292 barrage is several kilometers widen PAKISTAN than normal Jacobabad O Indus River Weather officials say the floods could recede in Purjab but there is a danger of more rain in Sindh. These provinces, where the majority of Pakistanis live, have been hit hardest BALOCHISTAN Indus River SINDH Kotri barrage Hyderabad Hyderabad O 200 miles 4 km Karachi 320km FATA - Federaly-Aeministered Trial Aeas COMMITMENT OF AID As of Aug 24 (rounded figures) FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN as of Aug. 23 Not inclusive of $78.18m which has not been allocated a section Fanded Remaining Sm Sm 50 100 50 Funded $263,525,014 Food security O 460 57% Water, sanitation and hygiene O32% 102 Shelter and non-food items 37% Requied S459,724,847 Health 39% Lagistics and communications 57% 80 74 Nutrition 43% O 47% O 88% 64.4 Protection Remairing S196,199,833 10 5115 47 40 31.62 33 15.75 14.81 177 14.44 998 6.06 5.04 5.00 3.95 16.60 T1.74 20 9.26 0.85 5.77 1.68 1.52 1.47 1.34 132 100 1.00 0 0.80 0.66 0.50 0.40 0.33 013 0.08 0.03 FLOOD DAMAGE AS BIG AS ITALY DISPLACED COUNTRY Tents put up by the Pakistani Army in the Sinch province A way of seeing the inmensity of the floor damage is superimposing the flood damage over Italy, then we can really see the extent of the are that has been affected and flooded Size of the flood Islamabad Size of the fiaad compared to ltele PAKISTAN Other natural disaster andf the displacement of people 200 Isunami Hati Pakistan flcods 1.8m 1.2m 20m Europe: Cold air breaks warm summer spell THE CULPRIT Typically, jetstream runs at 7-12km A "blocking event" in the above ground from west to east movement of the Powertul, spinning currents known as jetstream over the northernhemisphere is believed to be behind the Rossby waves deflect jet stream north or south lets tream usually over powers Rossby waves, shifting the meast and dragging weather systems along sequence of extreme weatherevents from Late July: Powerful Rossby curents - strong enough to match jet stream - bleck eastward shift. Weather systems become static and persist for Russia's heatwave to Pakistan: Cold, low pressure Eastern Europe Hot, Russia Hot alr, now humid air from Africa dry, creates heat wave air causes exceptionally heavy brings rain torrential rains in Paki- stan and China rain in mountains to north weeks Land surtaoe tempeature anonaly 0'C compad to poars 2000-08 Soe eUNOCHA, Intres, P, vie ercies, SerRNGS, Guptic News, Nee Scertin, Releves, Uhied Neton Calere n, Dayrn Rulde Tan, luis Yeuestaf Ne UN Central Emergency Response Fund prunag 8 ryuer us E| pura S| punoaz maN eprur) under vapans spurquayaN NCOS / Red Cross socs. Aurua) Saudi Arabia Jnited Kingdom United States THE FLOODING OF PAKISTAN Pakistan is facing a slow-motion tsunami. Its destructive power will accumulate and grow with time.. Make no mistake: this is a global disaster, a global challenge. It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks to the General Assembly, New York, 19 Aug. '10 Foreign aid is finally beginning to reach someof the 20 million survivors of Pakistan's devastating floods, three weeks after thecrisis began. About one-fifth of the country's territory has been affected and six million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance, with fears growing over potential outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and malaria 1.6 m 200,000 20m 6m Displaced people, the largest number in recent world history Million people are homeless according to UN acres of crops have been ruined by the floods livestock have died and millions more are at risk, according to the FAO. PAKISTAN FLOODS AFFECTED DISTRICTS as of Aug 25 The floods, which began in late July after heavy monsoon rains over the upper reaches of the Indus River basin, have ploughed a swathe of destruction from northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan PEOPLE AFFECTED (milions) July 2009 North-West Frontier 4.37 Punjab 8.2 h Indus River Sindh 3.68 The flooding has also devastated parts of nerthwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provnce, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Pakistan's war against Taliban insurgents NORTH WEST FRONTER Pakistani- controlled Kashmir 0.25 Baluchistan 0.67 Kotri barrage The final such Peshawat O structure before the river empties into the Arabian Sea. Islamabac HOMES DAMAGED Hyderabad KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 1,226,678 Flood-affected districts PUNJAB 4 km Punjab 500,000 Lahore Sindh 462,251 August 19, 2010, when the Landsat-5 satellite acquired the top false-color inage, the floods had started to reach the Kotri Barrage, an irrigation structure immediately north of Hyderabad. North-West 175,935 Moderate FATA Frontier Baluchistan Pakistani- contralled Kashmir 75,261 Severe Quetta Multan The river above the 9,292 barrage is several kilometers widen PAKISTAN than normal Jacobabad O Indus River Weather officials say the floods could recede in Purjab but there is a danger of more rain in Sindh. These provinces, where the majority of Pakistanis live, have been hit hardest BALOCHISTAN Indus River SINDH Kotri barrage Hyderabad Hyderabad O 200 miles 4 km Karachi 320km FATA - Federaly-Aeministered Trial Aeas COMMITMENT OF AID As of Aug 24 (rounded figures) FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN as of Aug. 23 Not inclusive of $78.18m which has not been allocated a section Fanded Remaining Sm Sm 50 100 50 Funded $263,525,014 Food security O 460 57% Water, sanitation and hygiene O32% 102 Shelter and non-food items 37% Requied S459,724,847 Health 39% Lagistics and communications 57% 80 74 Nutrition 43% O 47% O 88% 64.4 Protection Remairing S196,199,833 10 5115 47 40 31.62 33 15.75 14.81 177 14.44 998 6.06 5.04 5.00 3.95 16.60 T1.74 20 9.26 0.85 5.77 1.68 1.52 1.47 1.34 132 100 1.00 0 0.80 0.66 0.50 0.40 0.33 013 0.08 0.03 FLOOD DAMAGE AS BIG AS ITALY DISPLACED COUNTRY Tents put up by the Pakistani Army in the Sinch province A way of seeing the inmensity of the floor damage is superimposing the flood damage over Italy, then we can really see the extent of the are that has been affected and flooded Size of the flood Islamabad Size of the fiaad compared to ltele PAKISTAN Other natural disaster andf the displacement of people 200 Isunami Hati Pakistan flcods 1.8m 1.2m 20m Europe: Cold air breaks warm summer spell THE CULPRIT Typically, jetstream runs at 7-12km A "blocking event" in the above ground from west to east movement of the Powertul, spinning currents known as jetstream over the northernhemisphere is believed to be behind the Rossby waves deflect jet stream north or south lets tream usually over powers Rossby waves, shifting the meast and dragging weather systems along sequence of extreme weatherevents from Late July: Powerful Rossby curents - strong enough to match jet stream - bleck eastward shift. Weather systems become static and persist for Russia's heatwave to Pakistan: Cold, low pressure Eastern Europe Hot, Russia Hot alr, now humid air from Africa dry, creates heat wave air causes exceptionally heavy brings rain torrential rains in Paki- stan and China rain in mountains to north weeks Land surtaoe tempeature anonaly 0'C compad to poars 2000-08 Soe eUNOCHA, Intres, P, vie ercies, SerRNGS, Guptic News, Nee Scertin, Releves, Uhied Neton Calere n, Dayrn Rulde Tan, luis Yeuestaf Ne UN Central Emergency Response Fund prunag 8 ryuer us E| pura S| punoaz maN eprur) under vapans spurquayaN NCOS / Red Cross socs. Aurua) Saudi Arabia Jnited Kingdom United States THE FLOODING OF PAKISTAN Pakistan is facing a slow-motion tsunami. Its destructive power will accumulate and grow with time.. Make no mistake: this is a global disaster, a global challenge. It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks to the General Assembly, New York, 19 Aug. '10 Foreign aid is finally beginning to reach someof the 20 million survivors of Pakistan's devastating floods, three weeks after thecrisis began. About one-fifth of the country's territory has been affected and six million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance, with fears growing over potential outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and malaria 1.6 m 200,000 20m 6m Displaced people, the largest number in recent world history Million people are homeless according to UN acres of crops have been ruined by the floods livestock have died and millions more are at risk, according to the FAO. PAKISTAN FLOODS AFFECTED DISTRICTS as of Aug 25 The floods, which began in late July after heavy monsoon rains over the upper reaches of the Indus River basin, have ploughed a swathe of destruction from northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan PEOPLE AFFECTED (milions) July 2009 North-West Frontier 4.37 Punjab 8.2 h Indus River Sindh 3.68 The flooding has also devastated parts of nerthwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provnce, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Pakistan's war against Taliban insurgents NORTH WEST FRONTER Pakistani- controlled Kashmir 0.25 Baluchistan 0.67 Kotri barrage The final such Peshawat O structure before the river empties into the Arabian Sea. Islamabac HOMES DAMAGED Hyderabad KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 1,226,678 Flood-affected districts PUNJAB 4 km Punjab 500,000 Lahore Sindh 462,251 August 19, 2010, when the Landsat-5 satellite acquired the top false-color inage, the floods had started to reach the Kotri Barrage, an irrigation structure immediately north of Hyderabad. North-West 175,935 Moderate FATA Frontier Baluchistan Pakistani- contralled Kashmir 75,261 Severe Quetta Multan The river above the 9,292 barrage is several kilometers widen PAKISTAN than normal Jacobabad O Indus River Weather officials say the floods could recede in Purjab but there is a danger of more rain in Sindh. These provinces, where the majority of Pakistanis live, have been hit hardest BALOCHISTAN Indus River SINDH Kotri barrage Hyderabad Hyderabad O 200 miles 4 km Karachi 320km FATA - Federaly-Aeministered Trial Aeas COMMITMENT OF AID As of Aug 24 (rounded figures) FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN as of Aug. 23 Not inclusive of $78.18m which has not been allocated a section Fanded Remaining Sm Sm 50 100 50 Funded $263,525,014 Food security O 460 57% Water, sanitation and hygiene O32% 102 Shelter and non-food items 37% Requied S459,724,847 Health 39% Lagistics and communications 57% 80 74 Nutrition 43% O 47% O 88% 64.4 Protection Remairing S196,199,833 10 5115 47 40 31.62 33 15.75 14.81 177 14.44 998 6.06 5.04 5.00 3.95 16.60 T1.74 20 9.26 0.85 5.77 1.68 1.52 1.47 1.34 132 100 1.00 0 0.80 0.66 0.50 0.40 0.33 013 0.08 0.03 FLOOD DAMAGE AS BIG AS ITALY DISPLACED COUNTRY Tents put up by the Pakistani Army in the Sinch province A way of seeing the inmensity of the floor damage is superimposing the flood damage over Italy, then we can really see the extent of the are that has been affected and flooded Size of the flood Islamabad Size of the fiaad compared to ltele PAKISTAN Other natural disaster andf the displacement of people 200 Isunami Hati Pakistan flcods 1.8m 1.2m 20m Europe: Cold air breaks warm summer spell THE CULPRIT Typically, jetstream runs at 7-12km A "blocking event" in the above ground from west to east movement of the Powertul, spinning currents known as jetstream over the northernhemisphere is believed to be behind the Rossby waves deflect jet stream north or south lets tream usually over powers Rossby waves, shifting the meast and dragging weather systems along sequence of extreme weatherevents from Late July: Powerful Rossby curents - strong enough to match jet stream - bleck eastward shift. Weather systems become static and persist for Russia's heatwave to Pakistan: Cold, low pressure Eastern Europe Hot, Russia Hot alr, now humid air from Africa dry, creates heat wave air causes exceptionally heavy brings rain torrential rains in Paki- stan and China rain in mountains to north weeks Land surtaoe tempeature anonaly 0'C compad to poars 2000-08 Soe eUNOCHA, Intres, P, vie ercies, SerRNGS, Guptic News, Nee Scertin, Releves, Uhied Neton Calere n, Dayrn Rulde Tan, luis Yeuestaf Ne UN Central Emergency Response Fund prunag 8 ryuer us E| pura S| punoaz maN eprur) under vapans spurquayaN NCOS / Red Cross socs. Aurua) Saudi Arabia Jnited Kingdom United States THE FLOODING OF PAKISTAN Pakistan is facing a slow-motion tsunami. Its destructive power will accumulate and grow with time.. Make no mistake: this is a global disaster, a global challenge. It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in remarks to the General Assembly, New York, 19 Aug. '10 Foreign aid is finally beginning to reach someof the 20 million survivors of Pakistan's devastating floods, three weeks after thecrisis began. About one-fifth of the country's territory has been affected and six million people are dependent on humanitarian assistance, with fears growing over potential outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and malaria 1.6 m 200,000 20m 6m Displaced people, the largest number in recent world history Million people are homeless according to UN acres of crops have been ruined by the floods livestock have died and millions more are at risk, according to the FAO. PAKISTAN FLOODS AFFECTED DISTRICTS as of Aug 25 The floods, which began in late July after heavy monsoon rains over the upper reaches of the Indus River basin, have ploughed a swathe of destruction from northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan PEOPLE AFFECTED (milions) July 2009 North-West Frontier 4.37 Punjab 8.2 h Indus River Sindh 3.68 The flooding has also devastated parts of nerthwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provnce, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Pakistan's war against Taliban insurgents NORTH WEST FRONTER Pakistani- controlled Kashmir 0.25 Baluchistan 0.67 Kotri barrage The final such Peshawat O structure before the river empties into the Arabian Sea. Islamabac HOMES DAMAGED Hyderabad KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 1,226,678 Flood-affected districts PUNJAB 4 km Punjab 500,000 Lahore Sindh 462,251 August 19, 2010, when the Landsat-5 satellite acquired the top false-color inage, the floods had started to reach the Kotri Barrage, an irrigation structure immediately north of Hyderabad. North-West 175,935 Moderate FATA Frontier Baluchistan Pakistani- contralled Kashmir 75,261 Severe Quetta Multan The river above the 9,292 barrage is several kilometers widen PAKISTAN than normal Jacobabad O Indus River Weather officials say the floods could recede in Purjab but there is a danger of more rain in Sindh. These provinces, where the majority of Pakistanis live, have been hit hardest BALOCHISTAN Indus River SINDH Kotri barrage Hyderabad Hyderabad O 200 miles 4 km Karachi 320km FATA - Federaly-Aeministered Trial Aeas COMMITMENT OF AID As of Aug 24 (rounded figures) FLOOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN as of Aug. 23 Not inclusive of $78.18m which has not been allocated a section Fanded Remaining Sm Sm 50 100 50 Funded $263,525,014 Food security O 460 57% Water, sanitation and hygiene O32% 102 Shelter and non-food items 37% Requied S459,724,847 Health 39% Lagistics and communications 57% 80 74 Nutrition 43% O 47% O 88% 64.4 Protection Remairing S196,199,833 10 5115 47 40 31.62 33 15.75 14.81 177 14.44 998 6.06 5.04 5.00 3.95 16.60 T1.74 20 9.26 0.85 5.77 1.68 1.52 1.47 1.34 132 100 1.00 0 0.80 0.66 0.50 0.40 0.33 013 0.08 0.03 FLOOD DAMAGE AS BIG AS ITALY DISPLACED COUNTRY Tents put up by the Pakistani Army in the Sinch province A way of seeing the inmensity of the floor damage is superimposing the flood damage over Italy, then we can really see the extent of the are that has been affected and flooded Size of the flood Islamabad Size of the fiaad compared to ltele PAKISTAN Other natural disaster andf the displacement of people 200 Isunami Hati Pakistan flcods 1.8m 1.2m 20m Europe: Cold air breaks warm summer spell THE CULPRIT Typically, jetstream runs at 7-12km A "blocking event" in the above ground from west to east movement of the Powertul, spinning currents known as jetstream over the northernhemisphere is believed to be behind the Rossby waves deflect jet stream north or south lets tream usually over powers Rossby waves, shifting the meast and dragging weather systems along sequence of extreme weatherevents from Late July: Powerful Rossby curents - strong enough to match jet stream - bleck eastward shift. Weather systems become static and persist for Russia's heatwave to Pakistan: Cold, low pressure Eastern Europe Hot, Russia Hot alr, now humid air from Africa dry, creates heat wave air causes exceptionally heavy brings rain torrential rains in Paki- stan and China rain in mountains to north weeks Land surtaoe tempeature anonaly 0'C compad to poars 2000-08 Soe eUNOCHA, Intres, P, vie ercies, SerRNGS, Guptic News, Nee Scertin, Releves, Uhied Neton Calere n, Dayrn Rulde Tan, luis Yeuestaf Ne UN Central Emergency Response Fund prunag 8 ryuer us E| pura S| punoaz maN eprur) under vapans spurquayaN NCOS / Red Cross socs. Aurua) Saudi Arabia Jnited Kingdom United States