The 2010 Pakistan Floods. (July 2010)

güttsfükk · #1 ● 08-06-2010, 09:52 PM

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The 2010 Pakistan floods occurred in July 2010 after heavy monsoon rains. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was worst affected. At least 1,500 people were killed, thousands were rendered homeless, and more than a million people were affected. Estimates from rescue service officials suggest the death toll may reach 3,000 victims.

The floods were caused by monsoon rains, which were forecast to continue into early August and were described as the worst in this area in the last 80 years. The Pakistan Meteorological Department said that 300 mm (12 inches) of rain fell over a 36-hour period and more was expected. So far as many as 500,000 or more people have been displaced from their homes. Manuel Bessler, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, stated that 36 districts were involved, and 550,000 people were affected, although later reports increased the number to as high as a million affected. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said "the infrastructure of this province was already destroyed by terrorism. Whatever was left was finished off by these floods." He also called the floods "the worst calamity in our history." Officials have warned that the death toll could rise as many towns and villages are not accessible and communications have been disrupted. In some areas, the water level was 5,5 m (18 feet) high and residents were seen on roof tops waiting for aid to arrive. At least 45 bridges and 3,700 houses were swept away in the floods. The Karakoram Highway, which connects Pakistan with China, was closed after a bridge was destroyed. The ongoing devastating floods in Pakistan will have a severe impact on an already vulnerable population, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In addition to all the other damage they have caused, floodwaters have destroyed much of the health infrastructure in the worst-affected areas, leaving inhabitants especially vulnerable to water-borne disease.

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Residents help a man untie a chicken from his neck after he evacuated his flooded home with the fowl by swimming to higher grounds in Nowshera, Pakistan on August 1, 2010.

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A Pakistani boy named Jeeshan stands outside his tent in a camp set up by the Pakistani army inside a college on the outskirts of Nowshera on August 2, 2010.

Source : http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201..._pakistan.html

BaseJumper666 · #2 ● 08-06-2010, 09:53 PM

Good Pics!

BaseJumper666 · #3 ● 08-06-2010, 09:55 PM

One sec there isn't enought water and then the next there's too much lol funny sand people, they scair easily, but they'll be back and in greater numbers.