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Pakistan: Monsoon Rains / Flash Floods - Jul 1995

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Severe Local Storm

Pakistan Meteorological Department forecasting rains 11 to 25 per cent above normal during current monsoon season (July - September). So far, heavy rains have caused serious damage in particular in Swat (northern areas), Dera Ismail Khan (north western frontier province), Rawalpindi (Punjab), Dadu (Sindh) and Khuzdar and Jhal Magsi (Balochistan). Large number of people affected, damage caused to standing crops, roads and bridges. Disruption of systems of electricity supply and telecommunications. Relief camps established by civil administration that is assisted by army in rescue operations. (UN DHA, 27 Jul 1995)

More than half a million people affected in 1,018 villages. So far 225 confirmed dead. Almost 80,000 houses damaged of which 40,130 destroyed. 812,443 acres affected of which 116,682 crop acreage. 3,853 cattle head lost. The worst affected area: Dadu district in Sindh province. 3,000 persons accommodated in 174 relief camps established by the govt in Sindh province. Civil administration providing food and other relief supplies, the army continues to assist in rescue operations. (UN DHA, 31 Jul 1995)

UNDP/DHA Resident Representative reports the following data on people affected and damage caused in all provinces by recent rains/flash floods: 302 dead, overall affected: 725,000 people in 3.028 villages. 109,000 houses damaged of which 58,000 destroyed. Overall acreage affected: 2,292,500 of which 634,000 crop acreage. 11,800 cattle head lost. Present assessment indicates that emergency is limited to specific localities: Swat, Azad Kashmir, Dadu and Khuzdar. (UN DHA, 3 Aug 1995)

UNDP/DHA Resident Representative reports that, as a result of the rains/floods in all provinces, including Jammu and Kashmir, the toll, as of 9 august 1995, is: human lives lost: 451, villages affected: 4,585, persons affected: 1.255m, area affected: 3.472, houses demolished : 55,473, crops affected: 1.126 million acres, houses damaged: 76,982, cattle head lost: 15,375. […] According to DHA/UNDP Resident Representative, depending on the weather conditions during the remaining monsoon season (up to September, 1995), the situation may continue to deteriorate. (UN DHA, 11 Aug 1995)