Tag: Floods
A year completes since the catastrophic floods
July 27 (today) marks the day when the country was hit by the worst floods in its history. As millions of flood survivors are...
Pakistan warned one year after worst-ever floods
Pakistan has failed to invest in prevention measures since last year's floods that killed 1,750 people and is vulnerable to another disaster this monsoon...
2m people at risk from floods: UN
The United Nations (UN) said on Monday that around two million people in Pakistan are again at a risk of floods, partly because of...
Swat rebuilds as people fear floods again
A year after floods swept away homes and livelihoods, the survivors of a Taliban uprising are courting fresh disaster in the picturesque Swat valley...
Four killed, 200,000 stranded in Bangladesh floods
At least four people were killed and more than 200,000 stranded after three days of heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides in southeastern...
Khosa denied briefing on floods
The tense relationship between the Punjab CM and the governor surfaced again on Saturday when senior officials refused to brief Governor Latif Khosa on...
CM seeks contingency plan for floods
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed departments concerned to be vigilant to the flood threat during the monsoons and prepare a contingency...
Meeting reviews measures to avert floods
A meeting was organised to discuss the steps to counter expected floods at the Civil Secretariat with Punjab Livestock Secretary Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh in...
5m Pakistanis at risk from floods again: UN
Up to five million people in Pakistan are at risk from floods this year, partly due to poor reconstruction and the inadequate rehabilitation of...
Floods kill 14 people in China, 35 missing
Rain-triggered floods have killed 14 people and left 35 missing in the China’s Southwest, Xinhua News Agency said on Tuesday.
According to details, the floods...
China evacuates tens of thousands in deadly floods
China on Monday said it had evacuated more than 60,000 people in the nation’s southwest after torrential rain triggered floods that killed one and...
Shahbaz responsible for last year’s floods: Riaz
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is responsible for the destruction caused by the floods in the province last year, as the judicial commission’s findings...
Economically troubled, Thatta’s flood survivors fear next floods
KARACHI - Despite the passage of over eight months, thousands of survivors of the unprecedented monsoon floods last year in Thatta district have not unable to start their routine life again.
Though the majority of these flood survivors, who were displaced from their native residences during the floods, have returned to their homes, they are still emotionally and economically troubled. Most of them are afraid of more floods in the next monsoon starting in August. Many
Though the majority of these flood survivors, who were displaced from their native residences during the floods, have returned to their homes, they are still emotionally and economically troubled. Most of them are afraid of more floods in the next monsoon starting in August. Many
Threat of more floods loom like Damocles’ sword
ISLAMABAD - With the breaches in many embankments that were washed away in last year's flood still un-repaired, the residents of the flood-hit areas are haunted by the threat of fresh deluge which could prove even more disastrous.
According to the Flood Reconstruction Plan 2010-11 of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, around 78 districts of the country covering 50,000 square kilometers were inundated last year, leaving 20 million affected and rendering 1.6 million homeless.
According to the Flood Reconstruction Plan 2010-11 of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, around 78 districts of the country covering 50,000 square kilometers were inundated last year, leaving 20 million affected and rendering 1.6 million homeless.
Record floods kill 60 in northern Namibia
WINDHOEK - Record floods have hit central and northern Namibia, killing more than 60 people in the last week and causing millions of dollars of damage to roads, bridges and crops, officials said on Monday.
"Over 20,000 people have been displaced," government disaster chief Japhet Iitenge said, adding that helicopters, boats and four-wheel drive vehicles had been deployed to evacuate communities and distribute emergency relief.
"We are still awaiting reports on damages."
"Over 20,000 people have been displaced," government disaster chief Japhet Iitenge said, adding that helicopters, boats and four-wheel drive vehicles had been deployed to evacuate communities and distribute emergency relief.
"We are still awaiting reports on damages."
Thai floods kill 15 dead, thousands stranded
BANGKOK - Thailand mobilised its only aircraft carrier as efforts to rescue thousands trapped on storm-swept holiday islands intensified on Wednesday after severe flooding across the south killed 15.
Victims were either swept away by the rising waters, or buried in mudslides as the unseasonably wet weather deluged the homes and businesses of around a million people in what should be one of the hottest months of the year.
Rising waters have choked off road and rail links to
Victims were either swept away by the rising waters, or buried in mudslides as the unseasonably wet weather deluged the homes and businesses of around a million people in what should be one of the hottest months of the year.
Rising waters have choked off road and rail links to
Good wheat harvest expected despite floods
ROME - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday that Pakistan could expect a good wheat harvest despite severe flooding last year as seeds distributed to flood victims begin to ripen.
"FAO spent $54 million of international donor funding buying and distributing quality wheat seeds as part of its emergency intervention that began last August," the Rome-based UN agency said in a statement. "Once the harvest is completed, this donation will have produced a crop
"FAO spent $54 million of international donor funding buying and distributing quality wheat seeds as part of its emergency intervention that began last August," the Rome-based UN agency said in a statement. "Once the harvest is completed, this donation will have produced a crop
