MONSOON UPDATE

Issue 8 | 18 September 2014

Summary:  Country wide flood losses stand at 318 persons dead, 1,806,192 population affected and 2,324,427 acres of cropped area affected in Punjab;  The flood water has entered upper along the Indus River. 122 camps have been deployed in the six likely affected districts to accommodate the population displaced / likely to be displaced from within the flood plains;  Multiple Sectors Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) is ongoing in districts Mandibahauddin, , Hafizabad, Chiniot and in Punjab;  Flood relief activities are proceeding in the worst affected Punjab districts of Hafizabad, Mandibahauddin, Narowal, , , Jhang, Chiniot, Multan, Muzzafaragarh and ;  Pakistan Metreological Department's Drought advisory of 15 September reflects moderate to severe situation in southeastern Sindh, and a moderate drought situation in Chaghai district of Balochistan , and and Rahim Yar Khan districts of Punjab;

Reported Losses:

Number of Deaths Estimated Population Affected Crops Affected (Acres)

40 1000000 300000 35 250000 800000 30 200000 25 600000 150000 20 400000 100000 15 50000 200000 10 0 5 0

0

Jhang

Gujrat

Sialkot

Jhelum

Multan

Narowal

M.B. Din M.B.

Khanewal

Rahim Yar… Rahim

Gujranwala

Responses :

Relief Camps Persons Evacuated Live Stock Vaccination 40 140000 35 120000 1000000 30 100000 800000 25 80000 20 60000 600000 40000 15 400000 10 20000 5 0 200000 0 0

Sialkot

Layyah

Narowal

Mianwali

D.G. Khan D.G. Rahim Yar… Rahim

Faisalabad Sheikhupura

For further information, please contact: References:

Kamran Shariff Pakistan Metrological Department Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Civil-Military Coordination and Preparedness PDMA Punjab Pakistan Monsoon Update # 8 | 2 OCHA Pakistan SDMA PAK [email protected], +92 346 856 36 40 Media reports For more information, please visit: http://www.pakresponse.info

MONSOON EVENTS & IMPACT

Drought Situation as of 15 September

For further information, please contact: References: Kamran Shariff Pakistan Metrological Department Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Civil-Military Coordination and Preparedness PDMA Punjab OCHA Pakistan SDMA PAK [email protected], +92 346 856 36 40 Media reports For more information, please visit: http://www.pakresponse.info