- Dated: July-August 201
- Reason: Heavy monsoon rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab, Giligit-Baltistan and Balochistan regions of Pakistan.
- Land underwater: One-fifth of Pakistan’s total land (maximum)
- People affected: 20 million
- Casualties: close to 2,000
- Ban Ki-moon stated that the flood was the worst disaster he had ever seen.
- Structural damages: $4 billion +
- Total economic impact: $43 billion
- Since its inception the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has received Rs 87.8 billion (about 900 million USD). But it proved unproductive during recent floods.
- Homes destroyed: 1.89 million
- People displaced: 6 million
- Loss to power infrastructure: 10,000 transmission lines and transformers, feeders and power houses were damaged.
- Loss to Infrastructure: 2,433 miles of highway, 3,508 miles of railways, 5,000 schools
- Length of Indus River: 3,180 km
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