pakistan floods-historical natural disaster events
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Number of natural disaster events in Pakistan since 1900*
Flood Earthquake Local storm/Tropical cyclone
Avalanche/Landslide
Extremetemperature
Epidemic Drought
0
5
10
15
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Ten biggest natural disasters in Pakistan: By number of a!ected population*
19731976
1978
1992
19961999
2005
2007
2010
Million
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5
10
15
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About13.8 million a!ected people(as of 9 Aug)
Number of a!ected people per year due to "oods in Pakistan*
19731976
1992
2005
2010
Million
*The information on natural disasters presented here is taken from EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. In order for a disaster to be entered into the database at least one of the following criteria has to be ful#lled: a)10 or more people reported killed; b)100 people reported a!ected; c) a call for international assistance; d) declaration of a state of emergency.
Pakistan Floods - Historical Natural Disaster Events
Creation date: 9 Aug 2010Data sources: OFDA/CRED, Govt. of Pakistan.
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Flood Drought Earthquake Storm