MONSOON UPDATE Pakistan
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 Sindh 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, Jhang, Hafizabad, Chiniot and Multan in Punjab; Flood relief activities are proceeding in the worst affected Punjab districts of Hafizabad, Mandibahauddin, Narowal, Sialkot, Sargodha, Jhang, Chiniot, Multan, Muzzafaragarh and Rahim Yar Khan; 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 Bahawalpur 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 Sheikhupura
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