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Annex 3: Timeline
THE TEN WORST NATURAL DISASTES IN PAKISTAN’S HISTORY
1935 A 7.7 Richter scale earthquake hit Quetta, virtually leveled the city in the province of
Balochistan. And killing 60,000 people in one of the deadliest earthquakes to hit South Asia.
1945 A 7.8 Richter scale earthquake hit southwestern Balochistan causing the deaths of over 4,000
people.
1950 Monsoon rain killed 2900 people across the country. Punjab province and Lahore the worst
hit with 100,000 homes destroyed and 900,000 rendered homeless.
1970 Bhola tropical cyclone the deadliest ever hit East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)flooding the low‐
lying areas of the Ganges leaving 500, 000 dead.
1974 A 6.2 Richter scale hit KohistanHunza earthquake 5300 killed 17,000 injured and 97,000
affected
2000 Drought in Balochistan 1.2 million affected, 100 died lasted for 10 month.
2005 7.6 earthquake hit northwestern Pakistan 73000 killed and 3.3 million homeless
2007 Cyclone Yemyin triggers flash floods killing 730 people 350, 00 displaced and 1.5 million
affected.
2010 Landslide in Attabad village in Gilgit‐Baltistan threatened floods downstream and created the
Hunza Lake Disaster
2010 Monsoon rains, flash and riverine floods hit all 4 provinces, Gilgit‐Baltistan, FATA, and AJK
areas that combined to create a moving body of water equal in dimension to the land mass
of the United Kingdom travelling southwards killing 2000 and affecting 20 million people.
Biggest ever disaster faced by the humanitarian community worldwide.
2010 MONSOON FLASH AND RIVERINE FLOODS 2010
July 20 Pakistan Meteorological Department issues flash flood warnings for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and Punjab provinces of Pakistan
July 21 At least 12 people die in KPK and Punjab provinces due to flash floods. Parts of Lahore and
Faisalabad in Punjab are inundated.
July 22 Pakistan Meteorological Department issues another significant flood warning for areas in
Punjab province.
July 22 Dozens of people are killed and tens of thousands displaced following heavy rains across
Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pahktunkhwa.
July 22 Pakistan Army, local population, and government‐ the first responders to rescue and
evacuate the affectees.
July 23 More than 70 die in Balochistan province. 30, 000 stranded people provided relief by
Pakistan military.
July 27 Pakistan Meteorological Department issues another significant flood warning for areas in
Punjab province.
July 28 Pakistan Meteorological Department issues significant flood warning for divisions of Kalat,
Sibi, Naseerabad and Zhob in Balochistan province; D.G. Khan, Rajanpur districts and Indus
river at Tarbela in Punjab; and upper Khyber Pakhtunkwa Province.
July 28 The PHRP's revised requirements are US$663 million. Taking into consideration funding
received to date of $260 million, the appeal is now 39% funded, and has unmet
requirements of $402 million.
July 29 Pakistan Meteorological Department issues significant flood warning for Districts
Mandibahuddin, Chiniot, Jhang, Khanewal, Mulatn ,Muzaffargarh, Bkakar, Layyah, D.G. Khan,
and Rajanpur in Punjab.
July 29 The Swat and Kabul rivers which feed the northern extremity of the Indus can take no more
and burst their banks: flood surges crash down through Nowshera , Charsadda and parts of
Peshawar. 200 reported killed.
July 29 Flash floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains hit Northwestern Pakistan‐large parts
of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, smaller areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Area, Gilgit
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