Overall Green alert Flood for Pakistan
in Pakistan

Event summary

Flood Pakistan can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100588
Death: 97
Displaced: 8716
Countries: Pakistan
From - To 20 Aug - 01 Sep

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Punjab Province, Pakistan, August 2020Torrential rain and thunderstorms on 20 August 2020 caused damage and fatalities in Punjab Province, Pakistan, including in the provincial capital Lahore.Thu 20 Aug 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

WHO hands over medical supplies, boats to NDMAThu, 03 Sep 2020 05:45:00 +0200.

ISLAMABAD - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday handed over medical supplies and water boats to the National Disaster Management Authority for devastated and displaced Karachiites. On the Occasion of handing over, WHO Country R
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India: Ministry of Home Affairs Disaster Management Division (National ... Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:31:00 +0200.

1 . Brief about flood situation/ damage report during last 24 hours is as under. State wise details is at Annexure I. 2 . Total 155 Teams of NDRF have been deployed across the country. State wise deployment is at - Annexure-II. 3 . Forecast
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Pakistan lacks modern flood warning systemSat, 29 Aug 2020 20:48:00 +0200.

ISLAMABAD: Every year, urban flooding in the cities and flash floods in the mountainous areas cause huge loss of life and properties during the monsoon season. However, the country has neither an effective telemetry system nor modern weathe
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Web DeskSat, 29 Aug 2020 12:26:00 +0200.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast another system of monsoon rains in Sindh and Balochistan from today until Monday. The new system is expected to bring heavy rains in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Shaheed Benazi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),