Pakistan Floods- Natural Hazards affecting Development

Question 1

When were the floods?

Answer 1

July/ August 2010

Question 2

How many died?

Answer 2

1,781 people

Question 3

How many were injured?

Answer 3

2,966 people

Question 4

How many homes were destroyed?

Answer 4

1.89 million

Question 5

Power: How many transmission lines and transformers were destroyed?

Answer 5

10,000

Question 6

Power: Who was affected by the unreliable power supplies after the floods?

Answer 6

Industry and homes

Question 7

What did the government have to do to fix the problems caused by the flooding?

Answer 7

Divert money that was going to be used to improve other aspects of people’s lives (education etc) and spend it on rebuilding everything

Question 8

Transport: How many miles of roads were damaged?

Answer 8

2,433 miles

Question 9

Transport: How many miles of railway were damaged?

Answer 9

3,508 miles

Question 10

Transport: How much did it cost to repair the roads and railway in total?

Answer 10

$289 million

Question 11

Food/ Water: What was every fresh water system contaminated with? Which illness did this spread?

Answer 11

Sewage, diarrhea

Question 12

Food/ Water: How many acres of farmland was destroyed in Punjab State?

Answer 12

1.4 million

Question 13

Food/ Water: What type of crops were destroyed?

Answer 13

Cotton and rice

Question 14

Property: How many schools were destroyed?

Answer 14

5,000

Question 15

Property: How many $ of damage was there to public buildings?

Answer 15

$1 billion

Question 16

How often do the floods happen?

Answer 16

Every year

Question 17

Why are Pakistan trapped in a continual cycle of devastation and rebuilding?

Answer 17

As it happens every year so they can never progress in their development