2011-09-15
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Flood
- Country: Pakistan
- Occurrence Date (UTC):
- SA activation Date(UTC): 15 September, 2011
- Requester: Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
- Escalation to the International Charter:
- GLIDE Number:
Disaster Situation
Statement of Dr. Qamar uz Zaman Chaudhry, Advisor (Met & Climate Affairs), PR of Pakistan with WMO. 15th Sept,2011 Flooding in Sindh is Being Blamed on Global Warming or Climate change blamed for Sindh-Pakistan flooding A Climate scientist blamed climate change for the unprecedented torrential monsoon rains in Sindh that have caused severe flooding in the 20 districts out of 22 districts of Sindh province. This floods affected 4.9 million people, damaged about 1 million houses and 199 persons died.