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Deaths. 140+ deaths. From February to April 2019, widespread flash flooding affected large parts of Pakistan, most severely in Balochistan, KPK, Punjab, and other provinces. Pakistan has been hit by three major waves of rain and flooding over the course of more than one month. The first wave of rain began on 20 February, leading to flooding in ...
The country has a relatively high, although declining, growth rate supported by high birth rates and low death rates. Between 1998 and 2017, the average annual population growth rate stood at +2.40%. Dramatic social changes have led to urbanization and the emergence of two megacities: Karachi and Lahore.
2017 Karachi floods; 2019 Pakistan floods and storms; In August 2020, Karachi received the heaviest rain in a single day ever in its history when 231 mm rain lashed out in just 12 hours. During August 2020, only Karachi received 484 mm (19 inches) rain. It is the highest rainfall record over the last 90 years.
The 2020 Karachi floods ( Urdu: سيلاب کراچی ) were the worst flooding Karachi had seen in almost a century, and killed at least 41 people across Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] The floods were caused by record monsoon rains, which were inadequately drained by poorly maintained drainage systems [4] [5] [6] in the city. The resulting floods ...
About 2,000. A severe heat wave with temperatures as high as 49 °C (120 °F) struck southern Pakistan in June 2015. It caused the deaths of about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke, mostly in Sindh province and its capital city, Karachi. [1] [2] [3] The heat wave also claimed the lives of zoo animals [4] and countless agricultural ...
Summary. In 2006, 657 terrorist attacks, including 41 of a sectarian nature, took place, leaving 907 people dead and 1,543 others injured according to Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) security report.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The virus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two cases were recorded (a student in Karachi who had just returned from Iran and another person in the Islamabad Capital Territory).
Highest rainfall was recorded in Jacobabad with the record of 481 millimetres (18.9 in) in just 7 days and 441 millimetres (17.4 in) in just 36 hours. Other records are 239 millimetres (9.4 in) in Larkana while 206 millimetres (8.1 in) in Sukkur. Larkana division was worst hit by heavy rainfall.