2011 Sindh floods
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The 2011 Sindh floods was the highest-ever recorded rainfall between 11 August 2011, and 14 September 2011 in Sindh Province, Pakistan.
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Date | August 2011 – September 2011 |
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Location | Sindh, southern Balochistan, eastern Punjab and Azad Kashmir |
Deaths | At least 434 dead, 8.9 million affected |
Property damage | 8.9 million affected, 2.7 million children affected, 6.79 million acres land damaged, 1.52 million homes damaged[1] |
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Heavy rainfall was the main cause of the 2011 Sindh floods. After 15 September 2011, water receded from the inundated area at the rate of 167 square kilometers a day.[2] Unprecedented, torrential monsoon rains caused severe flooding in 16 districts of the Sindh province.[3] The flooding followed the previous year's historic 2010 Pakistan floods, which devastated the entire country.[4]
An estimated 434 civilians were killed while 5.3 million people and 1,524,773 homes were affected.[4]