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Devastating 2012 Floods: Impact in India, Australia, and Pakistan

This detailed account covers the notable 2012 floods in India, Australia, and Pakistan, highlighting the extensive damages, evacuations, and recovery efforts amidst the natural disaster impacts. Learn about the specific incidents, casualties, humanitarian assistance, and long-term consequences of these catastrophic flooding events. Stay informed on the challenges faced by these regions in dealing with flooding, waterborne diseases, and environmental hazards.

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Devastating 2012 Floods: Impact in India, Australia, and Pakistan

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  1. 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

  2. PART 3:FLOODS INDIA AUSTRALIA PAKISTAN

  3. 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

  4. DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIAJune 28, 2012

  5. The Brahmaputra River overflowed during monsoon rains, flooding more than 2,000 villages and destroying homes in the northeast of the country

  6. FLOOD: ASSAM STATE; JUNE 28, 2012

  7. WILD BUFFALO GOING TO HIGHER GROUND; JUNE 28

  8. STRANDED IN NAELENI VILLAGE: JUNE 28

  9. SOME OF THE 500,000 EVACUEES: JUNE 29

  10. ELDERLY AND YOUNG EVACUEES: JUNE 29

  11. HOMELESS BULUT VILLAGE FAMILY: JUNE 30

  12. PUMPING DRINKING WATER: BULUT VILLAGE; JUNE 30

  13. 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

  14. WALLA WALLA, A FARMING COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIAMarch 1-6, 2012

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA

  18. PAKISTAN’S EXPERIENCES ANOTHER FLOOD DISASTER January 3, 2012

  19. SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS CAUSE FLOOD DISASTER AGAIN IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

  20. PAKISTAN: FLOOD ZONES

  21. DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIAJune 28, 2012

  22. PAKISTAN: 2012 FLOODING

  23. 17 million people have been affected by the floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains

  24. SOUTH PAKISTAN: Three cities in the Sindh Province along with at least 400,000 people been told to evacuate after heavy rains

  25. 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

  26. 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.

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. Summer floods are common in Pakistan as a result of monsoon rains that typically swell rivers and streams across the country.

  30. EXPERIENCE IN 2010

  31. NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY FLASH FLOODS AFTER PROLONGED MONSOON RAINS JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 2010

  32. 2010’s floods following monsoon rains were the worst in 80 years and set new records.

  33. DERA ISMAIL KHAN: INUNDATED

  34. MUZAFFARABAD: RISING FLOOD WATERS

  35. THOUSANDS OF MUD BRICK HOMES COLLAPSED

  36. NOWSHERA: DAMAGED MUD HOUSE

  37. COLLAPSED HOUSE

  38. TRYING TO DIVERT WATER

  39. SOME LIVESTOCK WERE SAVED, BUT THOUSANDS DROWNED

  40. PESHAWAR: MELONS BECAME PRECIOUS

  41. CLINGING TO DEBRIS

  42. NOWSHERA: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

  43. SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

  44. SEEKING A SAFE HAVEN

  45. CHARSADDA: TRYING TO EVACUATE

  46. EVACUATION: CARRYING SELECTED POSSESSIONS

  47. NOWSHERA: EVACUATION

  48. NOWSHERA: EVACUATION TO A SAFE HAVEN

  49. EVACUATION IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TASK

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