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Follow-Up : Pakistan Floods / Cyclone
1. SITUATION
Conditions remain very difficult. Intense storms and a major cyclone caused severe flooding across Pakistan,
displacing over 300,000 people and affecting more than 2.5 million. The
annual monsoon began early on 23 June, causing flooding across large
areas of the south, mainly in Balochistan and Sindh provinces. The situation worsened
when Cyclone Yemyin made landfall on 26 June, wreaking further havoc in
Balochistan. The rains have continued during July and the
flooding has now spread to 18 districts in Balochistan and a further five in Sindh. Flash floods also struck North West Frontier
Province at the end of June, followed
by heavy rains that triggered landslides.
The flooding has already spread to 18 districts in
Balochistan and a further five in Sindh, and the monsoon season is expected to
continue for the next two to three months.
Aid coordination
has conducted by Government of Pakistan and UN agencies. The detailed situation
will be clearer as assessment is progressed, and damages are expected to
increase. Also there are concerns Emerge infectious disease.
2. NUMBER OF VICTIMS (as
of July 18, 2007)
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Balochistan
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Sindh
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Total
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Death
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176
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120
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296
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Missing
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195
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29
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224
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Homeless
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150,000
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227,394
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377,394
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Affected
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2,000,000
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500,000
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2.5
million
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3. RELIEF
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund
has already provided $4.4 million for immediate activities in key sectors
including Shelter and non-food items, Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene,
Food Security and Logistics. On 18 July, The UN launched a flash appeal requests
for US$38 million to address the urgent humanitarian needs over the next three
months.
4.LOCATION
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/934ECC1FAC
195443C125731C0028D761/$File/ifrc_FL_pak070717.pdf?OpenElement
(Reliefweb 17 Jul, 2007)
Please check GFAS page:
http://gfas.internationalfloodnetwork.org/gfas-web
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