River Flooding: Pakistan 2022

• Key facts:

  • 33mn affected.
  • 2000 killed.
  • 13,000 injured.
  • $30bn (10% of govt. revenue).
• Causes:

  • Heavy monsoon season.
  • Consistent rain for 8 weeks.
  • Glacial melt due to an unusually warm spring and summer.
  • Indus River burst its banks.
  • Forest fires removing vegetation - increase in lag time.
  • Warming Indian Ocean - more evaporation thus more rainfall.
  • Sindh Province received 500% more rainfall than average.
• Impacts of Floods:

  • Food Shortages.
  • 45% of crops were destroyed.
  • 25,000 required rescuing.
  • People waited up to 4 weeks for aid.
  • Spread of disease - diarrhea in particular.
  • Clean water is inaccessible to most.