Massive floods across Pakistan | Thousands Killed

[Xeeshan]

Donations for flood effectees- Red Crescent society Pakistan

 

[AstanoshKhan]

I just saw two Chinook and 1 Black Hawk Helicopter fly over Peshawar and was heading towards the flood affected areas. I hope they brought in some aid and to help rescue the trapped people.

 

[amit27]

The goverment should have declared this a national disaster and sought UN help like the earthquake in kashmir b4.

 

[Patriot]

I just saw two Chinook and 1 Black Hawk Helicopter fly over Peshawar and was heading towards the flood affected areas. I hope they brought in some aid and to help rescue the trapped people.

The Chief of US Transpiration Command jet (US Army General) was in Pakistan yesterday so it means USAF has now set logistics and providing transpiration help.

 

[sparklingway]

The worst is yet to come: NDMA​

ISLAMABAD: As the number of people affected by the floods increased to more than three million on Tuesday, officials warned that the worst could be yet to come.

The government has expressed concerns about the safety of two large barrages in Sindh — Guddu and Sukkur — with authorities fearing that heavy floodwaters could cause them to burst.

There is no official word on the magnitude of devastation the breakage could cause, but experts believe it may submerge the entire lower part of the province.

Speaking at a news conference, the chief of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that the barrages are being watched closely. “We are keeping our fingers crossed. We are leaving no stone unturned (to make sure dams remain intact). The quantity of water that is to pass through these barrages is just huge and there are fears that they can be damaged,” NDMA chairman Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed said.

His statement comes amid reports that close to a million cusecs of floodwater have entered Sindh after devastating Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa and parts of Punjab.

Ahmed said the flow of water at these two barrages would be at optimal level, a situation that can get out of control. But, the NDMA chief added, 8,000 troops with 95 boats and the entire helicopter fleet of the Pakistan Navy are ready to take on any situation in the province.

Accompanying him was the chief of Pakistan metrological department who sounded similar alarm bells by saying that a new spell of monsoon rains, which has already started, can trigger more flashfloods in areas already inundated by water. “The situation can get further aggravated (by rains),” Director General Met Office Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry warned.

“The first half of the current month (till August 15) is critical as another system of heavy rains would enter Sindh province from Bay of Bengal on August 8 or 9,” he said. These, he added, can be devastating for an already precarious situation.

According to a forecast issued by the met department, monsoon rains, possibly heavy at times, are expected over the already-flooded areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The rains would hit, in particular, districts such as Peshawar, Kohat, Lakki-Marwat, Bannu, Tank, DI Khan, Noshehra, Swabi, Charsada, Mardan and Swat. Rains are also expected in southern and western Punjab — Mianwali, Bhakkar, Layyah, Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Muzaffargarh —during the next 18 hours.

These rains might generate further flashfloods in the local rivers and nullahs of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the hill ******** of DG Khan and Rajanpur areas. “The flood situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab may be further aggravated due to the current monsoon rains,” the weather advisory warned. The rains will continue for the next 2-3 days, it added.

General Nadeem said that the number of affected people is still not clear because the damage assessment in Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa and Punjab will be conducted once the flooding is over.

Evacuations

The Provincial Disaster Manangement Authority ordered the immediate evacuation of people from Mithra, Sahi Bala Jogni after an increase in the water level in Warsak Dam.

Meanwhile, mass evacuation took place in the city of Kot Addu in Punjab following flood warnings. The Kot Addu Bypass was submerged after the Muzaffargarh Canal burst its bank. The inflow of water in Tounsa Barrage reached one million cusecs, which affected the Daira Din Panah area. Around half a million people started moving out of the city on Tuesday to avoid danger.

However, in Sindh, despite warnings of floods, most residents of Katcha Bunder, Sukkur, refused to move to relief camps. Interestingly, the district administration managed to convince a few families to move to a nearby camp so that the media could report the evacuation. However, the families said that they would move back to their homes later in the day. WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS

Published in The Express Tribune, August 4th, 2010.

 

[Xeeshan]

The relief items may be sent to your nearest PAF Bases, where they have made arrangements for collection and transportation of the items to the flood affectees.

 

[AstanoshKhan]

 

[ice_man]

i was watching Duniya tv last night and this pathan guy was saying that pashtuns are being targeted! either be it taliban or be it karachi or be it the floods!!

he said we don't want money we just need DOCTORS to cure our sick that's all we need!!! he said government doesn't care about us and all the you know usual stuff against politicians! but apparently he had lost all his cows his house his savings his everything!!!!!

SAD very sad.........

 

[Durrak]

Really sad...
Allah bless them

 

[RescueRanger]

Problem is we have sent doctors but some of the areas are so remote it is very hard to reach. A UK team has already been in touch and are looking to deploy a team of medics and rescue boats if the UN asks for it.

 

[mr42O]

Pakistan has been hit by the worst ever flood of its history while
its President, Foreign Minister and Interior Minister are enjoying the "Tour de
Paris"

look at those *********************. guard u will be our hero please put that talwar in there *****

look at him disgusting...... SHAME ONE U.... ******

 

[RescueRanger]

That's and Afghan Helicopter. Is the picture from Afghanistan or Pakistan?

 

[Moin91]

Flood hits Kot Addu, threatens Kapco

By Tehseen Raza and Tariq Birmani
Wednesday, 04 Aug, 2010

MUZAFFARGARH/ DERA GHAZI KHAN: Violent waves of the Indus surged into Kot Addu town on Tuesday after breaching the banks of the Taunsa-Punjnad link and Muzaffargarh canals.

Floodwaters are posing a severe threat to Kapco power plant and Pak Arab Oil Refinery. Villages and fields only 2kms from Kapco have been inundated.

On the right bank of the swollen Indus, water has entered Kot Mithan, the hometown of Sufi poet Khwaja Ghulam Fareed, in Rajanpur district, after eroding a dyke.

Kot Addu is the second town in the Muzaffargarh district flooded in less than 12 hours. On Monday night, the town of Daira Din Pannah was flooded after the waves had breached the Abbaswala spur near Taunsa barrage.

The flood has so far displaced 300,000 people and caused massive destruction of property. The misery of the displaced people and the problems faced by rescue teams were compounded by incessant rain on Tuesday.

When Daira Din Pannah was inundated, thousands of people took shelter along the banks of the Muzaffargarh and TP link canals but flood waves destroyed the banks at several places and submerged Kot Addu.

“About 30,000 people are marooned in Daira Din Pannah,” resident Ghulam Ali said.

Railway traffic on the Multan-Rawalpindi section has been stopped and Daira Din Pannah has no link with Kot Addu by road or rail.

In Kot Addu, the administration and volunteers asked people to vacate the town because of breaches in the canals.

Local revenue official Qazi Mohammad Zafar said the government had helped 50,000 people to move to secure areas, while many others made their own arrangements and left their homes. He said the scale of devastation was massive and he could not give an estimate of crop losses or human displacement.

All buses and trucks available in Multan were called to Kot Addu to help people leave the area, regional police chief Mubarik Ali said.

He said 300 trucks were employed for evacuating people.

In Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur, thousands of people are camping in the open on higher grounds surrounded by water and face the risk of water-borne diseases.

The exceptionally high flood was still wreaking havoc in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur. A large number of people have been displaced.

Suburbs of Dera Ghazi Khan and Jampur towns, Kot Tahir and Kotla Mughlan in Rajanpur are facing the threat of inundation.

A 3km portion of rail tracks near Taunsa barrage is under water.

Officials of the irrigation and revenue departments, Rescue 1122 service and teams set up by police and district administration are in the field to help people.

DAWN.COM | Front Page | Flood hits Kot Addu, threatens Kapco

 

[RescueRanger]

I can see a hydraulic forming, these are very dangerous occurrence within Swiftwater and once someone is trapped in them they can't get out.

Those poor civilians should stay well back.

 

[Moin91]

I can see a hydraulic forming, these are very dangerous occurrence within Swiftwater and once someone is trapped in them they can't get out.

Those poor civilians should stay well back.

you are right... we can only pray for them...
May Allah have mercy upon us. Aameen