Pakistan: Floods - Aug 2012
Disaster description
In 2012, starting late in August, heavy monsoon rains were experienced in the provinces of Sindh, KP, Punjab, Baluchistan and GB, affecting five million people, compounding effects in areas already affected during the 2010 and 2011 flooding. (IFRC, 2 Nov 2013) At the end of 2012, thousands of families in flood affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab remained in need of humanitarian assistance. (OCHA, 17 Dec 2012)
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98% of all displacement in 2012 was related to climate- and weather-related events, with flood disasters in India and Nigeria accounting for 41% of global displacement in 2012.