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NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012 HIGHLIGHTS (In Reverse Chronological Order Within Each Natural Hazard, Technological Hazard, or Environmental Hazard Category). Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. PART 3: FLOODS. INDIA AUSTRALIA PAKISTAN.
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NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012HIGHLIGHTS(In Reverse Chronological Order Within Each Natural Hazard, Technological Hazard, or Environmental Hazard Category) Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
PART 3:FLOODS INDIA AUSTRALIA PAKISTAN
RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CONTENTS DAMAGED BY WATER FLOODS WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS) CASE HISTORIES EROSION AND MUDFLOWS CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER
The Brahmaputra River overflowed during monsoon rains, flooding more than 2,000 villages and destroying homes in the northeast of the country
WORST FLOODING IN RECENT HISTORY • Ninety-five dead • Over 2 million homeless. • Half a million evacuees are living in relief camps with disease prone conditions • Damaging landslides hindered relief operations
WALLA WALLA, A FARMING COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIAMarch 1-6, 2012
MARCH 1-6, 2012: WORST FLOODING SINCE 1974 • 9,000 people were evacuated after a week of rain and flooding that damaged 1,000 houses • Local authorities declared a state of emergency, which gave police and the army more authority to carry out search and rescue ops.
The Mummumbidgee River, swollen after 20 cm (8 in) of rainfall, peaked at 10.56 m, just below the height of Walla Walla’s protective levee.
PAKISTAN’S EXPERIENCES ANOTHER FLOOD DISASTER January 3, 2012
SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS CAUSE FLOOD DISASTER AGAIN IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN
17 million people have been affected by the floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains
SOUTH PAKISTAN: Three cities in the Sindh Province along with at least 400,000 people been told to evacuate after heavy rains
IMPACTS TO DATE • Over 1,000 dead. • 3 million hectares of farmland have been destroyed along with crops of rice, maize, sugar, cane and cotton. • 116,000 farm animals killed • Approximately 5 million have been left homeless, with no place to go
IMPACTS (continued) • Millions have little or nothing to eat at present in spite of the government’s best efforts • The water is very dirty, and if uncorrected, could create the potential for a healthcare disaster.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE • THE GOVERNMENT’S STATED PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES FULLY FUNCTIONAL • JAPAN, CHINA, AND THE USA HAVE PROMISED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
EXPERIENCE IN 2011 One year after the historic flood disaster of 2010, widespread flooding impacted Pakistan again, affected 5.2 million people and killing at least 2,000
Summer floods are common in Pakistan as a result of monsoon rains that typically swell rivers and streams across the country.
NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY FLASH FLOODS AFTER PROLONGED MONSOON RAINS JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 2010
2010’s floods following monsoon rains were the worst in 80 years and set new records.
