2011 Kohistan floods
The 2011 Kohistan floods are a series of flash floods that took place throughout the month of August in the Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan. The floods, caused by overnight heavy rains, have left at least 63 people dead and washed away dozens of houses, settlements, livestock and vegetation. [1]
There are relief and security operations currently underway to provide aid and treatment to those affected by the natural disaster. The floods are the most destructive since the deadly 2010 Pakistan floods which rampaged the whole country.
Background
The 2011 Kohistan floods are a set of flash floods that was held across the months of August in the Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in nw Pakistan .[2] In September 2011, at least killing 361 persons, some 5.3 millions of people and 1.2 million houses affected both 1.7 million acres of cropland inundated when massive floods swept throughout the province of Sindh as reason of monsoon rains.[3] Rescuers found 25 more organs in Kohistan district on Friday as the dead toll from the Gabryal flash floods risen to 41 .[citation needed]
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