Flood Pakistan
2022 Pakistan Floods
Record monsoon rains and glacial melt flooded one-third of the country.
Background from Wikipedia
From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, and caused about US$40 billion in damage. The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
From the Wikipedia article “2022 Pakistan floods”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia's figures may differ from the sources cited on this page.
Satellite before and after
- 2022 Pakistan floods: the Indus plain in Sindh · compare NASA images from 8 Aug 2022 and 31 Aug 2022
Sources & references
Impact figures
| Fatalities | 1,739 |
|---|---|
| Economic damage | $30,000,000,000 (nominal) |
| People affected | 33,000,000 |
| Region | Sindh and Balochistan |
Figures per cited sources; estimates for older events vary.
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