Pakistan Floods 2010
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- Pakistan Floods 2010
- Where?
- North West Pakistan in the mountainous Swat valley
- Flooding had spread downstream effecting the Sindh region.
- Causes
- Heavy rain caused the Indus River and its tributaries to burst their banks
- Highest water levels seen in 110 years on Indus River
- August 2010 - more than half the normal monsoon rainfall fell in ony one week causing the worst floods for 80 years
- Climate change? Has increased the number of intense weather events.
- Urbanisation which increases surface run off and reduces infiltration
- Why is Pakistan Vulnerable to Flooding?
- Indus River provides water for one of the most irrigated areas
- River Indus is full of sediment that causes the river channel to silt up - prone to flooding
- Deforestation
- Effects
- Social
- Livelihoods lost
- 1,752 people died
- Affected over 20 milion people
- 1.8 million homes damaged
- Waterborne diseases like cholera and typhoid are aregular threat
- 1.2 millioinflood affected people are still living in over 5,000 schools.
- 7 million people homeless and broke
- Food shortages cause food riots
- Environmental
- Lack of resources to resist and recover from extreme flooding leaves damage to crops and livestock
- 3rd of Pakistan covered with floodwater
- Economic
- Cost of rebuiliding process could top £10bn
- Extensive damage to roads,buildings and irrigation works
- 500,000 tonnes of wheat lost
- Textiles industry acounts for 60% exports - the damage caused has led to more poverty
- UN launched an appeal for $459m emergency aid
- Political
- Pakistani government in threat of becoming destabilized due to rising transport and food costs, living conditions and economic problems
- Taliban could gain support by delivering aid and winning over public support - party leaders in Pakistan potentially
- Social
- Responses
- Pakistan recieved less aid than other disaster due to their Radical Islamist immage
- Christian Aid tried to avoid working with Taliban
- Pakistan recieved less aid than other disaster due to their Radical Islamist immage
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