Floods in Pakistan (2022-08-29)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2022-08-29 10:50:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-08-25 19:00:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Pakistan is experiencing abnormal monsoon rainfall nearly ten times higher than usual, resulting in uncontrollable urban and flash floods, landslides, across the country. Gaining a full picture of the scale of the disaster is difficult as many affected areas remain inaccessible due to inundated and damaged road networks. The floods caused by the monsoon rains since mid-June 2022 has affected Balochistan, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces of Pakistan. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as of the 26th August 2022, ca. 4.25 million people are directly affected by the floods as of today. The Ministry of Climate Change asserts that 30 million people are left without shelter. According to official reports, as of August 26, a total of 215,997 people are displaced in Government established relief camps. The initial damages show ca. 670,328 houses are fully or partially damages, the majority in Sindh followed by Balochistan. About 600 out of the total 800 schools affected by the floods are in Balochistan.

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Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

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How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2022): Floods in Pakistan (2022-08-29). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0769c475-7bac-41af-a247-d40d0df50746

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR629 Flood Mapping PAK Pakistan Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR629]: Floods in Pakistan (2022-08-29)

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All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-09-12
Modified date: 2022-09-12
Issued date: 2022-08-29
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR629
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0769c475-7bac-41af-a247-d40d0df50746
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