Pakistan: Monsoon Floods

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1 Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Operations Update Pakistan: Monsoon Floods Operations Update No. 6 Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Period covered by this update: 21 st July to 18 th August, 2010 Pakistan red Crescent Society (PRCS) along with its Movement Partners (IFRC and ICRC) and Partner National Societies (PNSs) is jointly responding to the Monsoon Floods As Pakistan continues to suffer from the effects of severe flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a preliminary international appeal for CHF 17,008,050 (US $ 16,333,000 or 12,514,600) in support of emergency relief activities undertaken by the PRCS. Flash and river flooding were triggered by unusually heavy second spell of monsoon rains starting from 21 July These floods have occurred all over Pakistan resulting in a loss of life and widespread displacements. Current estimates show that more than 14 million people have been affected and more than 1300 people have died/drowned. Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK), Baluchistan and Punjab have been the worst affected areas whereas the floods are just beginning to affect the Sindh province. Flood affected people line up at the distribution place in Charsadda, KPk, where PRCS has established its office and providing Food packs, relief items, health and WATSAN facilities to 63 vilages of the 7 affected UCs. Source: PRCS Media Department Substantial loss of houses and livelihoods is being reported. Crops have been destroyed and roads and bridges damaged to a great extent, however the severity of the disaster is still unclear. Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is intervening in all the affected provinces in the areas of Food, Shelter, Health and Non Food relief Items. PRCS along with its Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Partners is looking to further enhance its operations to include water and sanitation(watsan), Psycho social Support program and Restoring Family Links.

2 FLOOD ANALYSIS AND SITUATION The floods in Pakistan, which have killed at least 1,400 people so far, are already the world's second worst in the decade from 2001 to August 2010, according to the Belgium based Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). While the death toll of 1,400 is relatively small, the scale of the flooding and number of people whose lives have been disrupted is staggering and the loss to agricultural land is going to leave a huge impact on food reserves. Pakistan Metrological Department s flood forecast report indicates that peaks in River Indus are still critical at Guddu and Sukkur. The 2nd flood wave is passing through Guddu. Exceptionally High Floods of 10,00,000 to 11,00,000 cusecs are likely to pass through Guddu during the next 48 Hours, exceptionally High Floods up to 1,000,000 Cusecs are also likely to pass through Sukkur during the next 48 Hours and exceptionally High Floods up to 8,00,000 Cusecs are likely to pass through Kotri on August 17 20, Pakistan Meteorological Department has indicated heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of River Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej during the next 3 4 weeks. As per the figures collected by the Ministry Of Water and Power Federal Flood Commission and National Disaster Management Authority, the summary of losses for each affected province and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) is as follows: PROVINCE Villages Affected Persons Affected Affected (Acres) Cropped Affected (Acres) Houses Damaged Partially Fully Persons Died Persons Injured Punjab 1,527 1,908,015 2,693,436 1,470,989 46,458 44, Sindh * * * 378,976 * 122,798 8 * 162 Cattle Heads Perished KP 581 1,550,256 * 466,451 68, ,214 1, ,325 Balochistan 2,584 76,845 4, ,651 * 19, ,688 FATA * * * 6,500 * 1, Gilgit Baltistan ,000 * 2,949 * 2, AJ & K * * * 9 4,941 1, G. TOTAL 4,887 3,622,116 2,698,041 2,647, , ,958 1,362 1,424 14,663 Red Cross and Red Crescent action The Monsoon Floods Operation is being carried out as an integrated Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Operation. PRCS with support of its Movement Partners initially planned to provide assistance to 35,000 affected households (HH), but with the nature and extent of the disaster, PRCS and other members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are planning to upscale the operation. The new plan deals with providing assistance to 300,000 HH all over the country. The breakup of the HH is as follows: KPK : 20,000 HH Baluchistan : 5,000 HH Punjab : 5,000 HH FATA : 500 HH

3 GB : 500 HH AJK : 2,000 HH Sindh : 2,000 HH PRCS and the RC RC Movement is providing the affected HH with Food, Drinking water, health and care(including PSP), WATSAN, Restoring Family Links service (RFL) and Non Food relief Items (). PRCS has provided support to the affected families of all the affected areas where access was possible. The province wise response details are as follows: PRCS Response in Baluchistan Heavy rains started on the night of 21 July affected, which initially affected Kohlu, Barkhan, Nasirabad, Bolan, Loralai and Sibi districts. PRCS has responded in District Sibi and assessments are ongoing in Districts Kohlu, Barkhan. Districts Loralai, Nasirabad and Bolan are being planned for assessments. PRCS is providing the affected families with Food items and health care services. FI Health Setup/beneficiaries Baluchistan 3000 HH 150 HH 2 x MHUs 8,622 patients PRCS Response in Punjab

4 PRCS is providing the flood affected people of Punjab with Food items, Non food items and health services. So far the distributions have been done in the districts of Mianwali, Rajanpur, DG Khan, Laiyah, Khushab, Muzafargarh, Chiniot and RahimYar Khan. FI PUNJAB 12, Health 1 x health centre 428 patients seen so far Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa PRCS is providing the flood affected people of KPK with Food items, Non food items and health services. So far the distributions have been done in the districts of DI Khan, Charsadda, Nowshera, Tank, Bannu, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan, Mansehra and Karak. FI KPK Health/ beneficiaries 17 x health centres health beneficiaries Gilgit Baltistan (GB)

5 PRCS is providing the flood affected people of GB with Food items, Non food items and health services. So far the distributions have been done in the districts of Gilgit, Skardu, Ghaunche, and Ghizer. FI GB Health/ beneficiaries 3 x health centres 4522 beneficiaries Sindh PRCS is providing the flood affected people of Sindh with Food items, Non food items and health services. So far the distributions have been done in the districts of Khairpur, Thatta, Larkanna, Jacobbabad, Shikarpur and Daddu. Sindh FI Cooked Food being distributed to incamp people 680 Health/ beneficiaries 1 x health cente 905 beneficiaries

6 Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) PRCS is providing the flood affected people of AJ&K with Food items and Non food items. So far the distributions have been done in the districts of Neelum, Muzafarabad, Bagh and Mirpur. FI Distributio n Distributio n AJ&K RESPONSE SUMMARY SHEET Sr. N o. Provin ce Sent Distrib ution Worth (PKR) x1= Dated: 18th August 2010 Distrib ution FI Health Worth Benefic (PKR) iaries Sent x1= KPK 8,95 7 Baluc 3 histan 584 Punja b Sindh 0 6 GB AJK 5 8 FATA Total 17, ,60 0,000 47, ,35 2,000 43,756 Total Worth PKR = CHF = million million

7 Coordination and Communication Apart from holding regular Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Coordination meetings, PRCS is in close coordination with the local government and district authorities as well as all the other key stakeholders for smooth running of the operation and to facilitate the affected families. For Information Management and Communication issues, PRCS has set up a control room in its National Head Quarters Islamabad. The control room shall be active 24/7. 1. PRCS NHQ DMLC Control Room: (89, 90) Contact information For further information specifically related to this operation please contact: Mr. Ateeb Siddiqui, Director Operations PRCS, (offc.), Mr Ubaidullah, Deputy Director Disaster Management PRCS, (offc.), Col. Mazhar ul Islam, Movement Coordinator PRCS, (offc.), Dr. Irfan ullah, Deputy Director Health PRCS, (offc.), To know how you can contribute and help the Pakistan s Monsoon Flood affected people please contact: Mr. Amjad Marketing and Fundraising amjad.nhq@prcs.org.pk (90) For Further information and coordination please contact: Ms. Asfia Firdaus Planning and Reporting asfia.nhq@prcs.org.pk (90)

8 For Further information and coordination please contact: Ms. Asfia Firdaus Planning and Reporting (90)