The 2010 Pakistan flood

The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 following heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan. Present estimates indicate that over two thousand people have died and over a million homes have been destroyed since the flooding began. The United Nations estimates that more than twenty million people are injured or homeless as a result of the flooding,exceeding the combined total of individuals affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the2010 Haiti earthquake. However, the death count in each of those three disasters was significantly higher than the number of people killed so far in the floods. At one point, approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was underwater due to the flooding.

UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has asked for an initial $460 million for emergency relief, noting that the flood was the worst disaster he had ever seen. 50% of the relief funds requested has been received as of 15 August 2010. The U.N. is concerned that aid is not arriving fast enough, while the World Health Organization reported that ten million people were forced to drink unsafe water.The Pakistani economy has been harmed by extensive damage to infrastructure and crops. Structural damages are estimated to exceed 4 billion USD, and wheat crop damages are estimated to be over 500 million USD. Officials estimate the total economic impact to be as much as 43 billion USD.

Contents 1 Causes 2 Flooding and Impact 2.1 Floods 2.2 Heavy rainfalls recorded during the wet spell of July 2010 2.3 Aftermath 3 Potential long term effects 3.1 Food 3.2 Infrastructure 3.3 Taliban insurgency 4 Relief efforts 4.1 Response by national governments 4.2 Response by non-governmental organizations 4.2.1 DEC member charities 4.2.2 Other charities 4.2.3 Other organisations 4.3 Response by individuals 4.4 Response by Islamic militant organizations 4.5 Response by corporations 5 Criticism of response 5.1 Neglect of minorities 5.2 Diversions of floodwaters 5.3 Allegations of Indian conspiracy 5.4 Inequality 6 See also 7 References 8 External links