Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian ... - OCHANet

IA RTE of the humanitarian response to Pakistan’s 2010 Floods crisis
Map 2: Pakistan: Flood Situation comparing the maximum flood extent 16 of September 2010
with the current flood extent as of 16 January 2011, Source OCH
5. The impact of the flood was very diverse in each province due to the changing nature of
the disaster, the different levels of preparedness (in terms of capacity, resources and systems in
place), and the access to individual and common resources. Kyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) was only
affected by flash floods while other provinces where exposed to both flash and riverine floods.
Sindh was the worst affected province, as the Indus River did not find an outlet due to the flat
topography of this area.
6. While waters receded within days in Balochistan and KPK, it took several weeks in Punjab
and months in some areas of Sindh. Where water receded rapidly most of the displaced
population was able to return during the months of August and September, October most of the
affected population in these areas had returned. Several cases of water breaches in Sindh and
Punjab submerged more districts under water in Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab. As of January
2011 entire union councils are still submerged in four districts of Sindh and one district in
Punjab. Areas in the Sindh Province are confronted with longer‐term displacements and
situations where most vulnerable parts of the populations remains under severe difficulties
Riccardo Polastro, Aatika Nagrah, Nicolai Steen and Farwa Zafar
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