Pakistan Flood 2010 (LEDC)

Question 1

Most areas received ___________ their average rainfall in July and August

Answer 1

Twice

Question 2

The inundation was the worst for ______________

Answer 2

80 years

Question 3

In 2010, unusual air flows in the upper atmosphere blocked the normal progress of the jet stream that guides the rain, including very heavy rainfall over the Western Himalayas. This created:

Answer 3

A deluge of water into upper tributaries of Ganges

Question 4

Many meteorologists have linked the unusual rainfall pattern to:

Answer 4

2010-11 La Niña cycle

Question 5

Flood water that spread over the countryside was trapped by raised embankments:

Answer 5

Preventing water from draining back into river channel when discharge levels fell

Question 6

1000s of irrigation channels and canals blocked by silt:

Answer 6

Routine maintenance had been poor in places - failed to contain water flow

Question 7

Population of 191m people , increasing by 3m per year - increased demand for food/housing lead to:

Answer 7

Forest clearing and expansion of urban areas - impermeable surfaces and rapid surface runoff.

Question 8

Pakistan deforestation rate

Answer 8

2%

Question 9

Number of houses damaged or destroyed

Answer 9

1.6 million

Question 10

Number of schools needing to be rebuilt

Answer 10

7600

Question 11

Number of people homeless two weeks after flood

Answer 11

10 million

Question 12

Stagnant flood water ideal breeding area for

Answer 12

Malarial mosquito -

Question 13

Water borne diseases

Answer 13

Dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera

Question 14

Extensive damage to road infrastructure. How much?

Answer 14

25000 km and bridges collapsed in mountain areas cutting off communities

Question 15

Primary farming infrastructure such as ___________________ destroyed

Answer 15

Tube wells, animal sheds, personal seed stocks, fertilisers and agricultural machinery

Question 16

How many head of livestock killed?

Answer 16

1.2 million (6 million poultry)

Question 17

Early estimates of cost of rebuilding lost and damaged infrastructure:

Answer 17

Around £7 billion

Question 18

On tributaries of India, percentage of habitats of reptiles and small mammals affected:

Answer 18

89%

Question 19

What was washed into river system by floods causing pollution downstream?

Answer 19

Large quantities of petrol and diesel

Question 20

Wildlife killed in significant numbers including :

Answer 20

Hog deer and bears

Question 21

As flood waters did not recede for months in parts of Sindh province farmers were unable to plant what?

Answer 21

Wheat for the Ravi season

Question 22

RARE POSITIVE

Regular annual floods help to replenish groundwater store for winter wells and pumps and the exceptional flood revived:

Answer 22

The mangrove ecosystem of the Indus delta which had been in decline for 50 years