Massive floods across Pakistan | Thousands Killed

[fujistu]

it was the biggest loss in the pakistan which people have to face in the flood

 

[unicorn]

Pakistan spiders flee floods in web-covered trees

With more than a fifth of the country submerged, millions of spiders climbed into trees to escape the rising floodwater. As the water has taken so long to recede, the trees quickly became covered in a coocoon of spiderwebs. The result is an eerie, alien panorama, with any vegetation covered in a thick mass of webbing. You can see images from the region in the gallery below.

However, the unusual phenomenon may be a blessing in disguise. The UK's department for international development reports that areas where the spiders have scaled the trees have seen a far fewer malaria-spreading mosquitos than might be expected, given the prevalance of stagnant, standing water..........Subhan allah

DFID is providing aid to the communities affected by the disaster, including safe drinking water, healthcare, food and shelter. To reduce the population's long-term dependence on that aid, the government agency is now offering wheat seeds and tools to farmers, and jobs and skills training for those in rural areas. However, reconstruction in the worst-hit areas is expected to take many years.

 

[fangxiang]

Heavy showers have inflicted havoc, devastation in Swat and Shangla districts as furious floodwater, overflowing from River Swat, has played massive destruction in residential areas.

 

[unicorn]

 

[Durrak]

At least five million people have been affected by heavy monsoon rains and floods across Pakistan.
The country is still recovering from the worst floods in its history just a year ago in which 20 million people lost their homes.
So far 200 deaths have been recorded.
UN aid agencies are stepping up their response.
Patrick Maigua asked Pakistan-based Kristen Elsby from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF about the latest floods.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

RIP to the dead...hope the affected families get back to normal condition soon.

 

[Al Bhatti]

I am sorry to say: No foreign country or entity or establishment should give any aid to Pakistan. This 'advertisement" of suffering of the common man by the government of Pakistan should stop.

Where is the aid from all the previous years and decades?
Where is all the money acquired through loans from different countries + WB + IMF.
Is this the first time in Pakistan's history that there are floods in Pakistan?
What measures were taken to minimize the effects and destruction of floods after each time floods occur?

A Muslim is not bitten from the same hole twice.

but we Pakistanis?

 

[Kaislerlaut]

RIP to the deceased.

 

[RockyX]

RIP to the dead. Hope Pakistan overcome with this temporary problem.

 

[unicorn]

Pakistani government should focus on in building these kinds of home to the flood affected people.When the New Orleans was flooded in America these sort of homes were built as a part of long term planning. I am afraid I am not seeing any kind of research conducted from the government of Pakistan.

 

[53fd]

Sindh floods: 'Punjab contributed Rs550m for flood relief':

SHAHDADKOT: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said Punjab had contributed Rs550 million for flood relief in Sindh.

Addressing a rally during his visit to flood-hit areas of Sindh, Sharif said that he wanted to bring a change in the lives of the flood victims.

“I want that you [people] should be provided with opportunities to progress so that Pakistan progresses too.”
He said that he had been observing the flood situation in Sindh and that it wrenched his heart to see how floods had devastated the lives of people.

Sharif said that his sympathies were with the people and that he had come to the flood affected areas to answer the plight of flood victims.

The frequent visits of the Sharif brothers to Sindh have been a source of annoyance for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership. They insist that nothing will be achieved because the people of the province are “aware that [the Sharifs] have looted and plundered public money during their tenure.”

Earlier, Imadad Chandio of the PML-N and a member of its organising committee said that Nawaz Sharif’s recent visit was merely to help the flood survivors.

“We are grateful to President Asif Ali Zardari, whose policies have created a division in the rank and file of the party [PPP],” he sarcastically remarked. “Many party leaders are confused about their future.”

The party has also started setting up “Sharif tent cities” in flood-hit areas and Sharif ration cards are also being distributed among the families.

“Each ration card will be enough for five family members who can use it for five months,” Chandio said, adding that his party has also started four mobile dispensaries.

Sindh floods: ‘Punjab contributed Rs550m for flood relief’ – The Express Tribune
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Hope this isn't for political points scoring, but it probably is.

 

[Solomon2]

I wonder how much politicians contributed out of their own pockets? When Angelina Jolie visited last year to bring the world's attention to Pakistanis' plight she was shocked that the elite were more willing to spend money hosting her than actually giving aid to their fellow countrymen.

 

[Kompromat]

I wonder how much politicians contributed out of their own pockets? When Angelina Jolie visited last year to bring the world's attention to Pakistanis' plight she was shocked that the elite were more willing to spend money hosting her than actually giving aid to their fellow countrymen.

Welcome to Pakistan ruled by thugs and thieves.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Angelina Jolie won the hearts and minds of Pakistanis every time she visitted the country....the women, the men, the elderly, the young little kids who were too young even to know what their nationality is --- they all welcomed her.

she cares more about Pakistan than our jerk-off babus

 

[unicorn]

January 23, 2012

January 24, 2010

Nearly five months after severe flooding struck the region, in September 2011, parts of Pakistan’s Sindh Province remained flooded. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured the top image on January 23, 2012. For comparison, the bottom image shows the same region two years earlier, on January 24, 2010.

Both images use a combination of visible and infrared light to better distinguish between water and land. Water varies in color from bright turquoise to navy, and darker shades generally indicate deeper water. Vegetation is green, and bare ground is pink-beige.

In January 2012, patches of standing water occur east of the Indus River. The Rann of Kachchh (or Kutch), a salt marsh, holds far more water than in 2010, evidenced by deeper shades of blue. Water is, however, receding from flooded areas and shows improvement over previous months.

In early January 2012, Pakistan-based publication The News reported that 1.5 million people affected by the floods still lacked shelter in Sindh Province, even as winter reached its peak.

Seems like nothing has changed...