A rapid geospatial flood impact assessment in Pakistan, 2022

Mushtaq, F.; Ali, M.; Ghosh, A.; Jalal, R.; Asghar, A.;  Dadhich, G.; Chiozza, F.; Franceschini, G.;  Muchoney, D.; Toirov, F.; Rolle, F.; Henry, M.;

A rapid geospatial flood impact assessment in Pakistan, 2022

Autores

Mushtaq, F.; Ali, M.; Ghosh, A.; Jalal, R.; Asghar, A.; Dadhich, G.; Chiozza, F.; Franceschini, G.; Muchoney, D.; Toirov, F.; Rolle, F.; Henry, M.;

Editor

FAO ;

Descripción

Pakistan is among the ten countries most affected by extreme weather events despite its very low carbon footprint, according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 and Climate Watch. Frequent natural disasters negatively impact the agricultural sector and household livelihoods, and push thousands of people into poverty and hunger. In 2022, intense rainfall in monsoon season caused severe flooding across Pakistan and impacted a large number of people and households including deaths of people, damage to infrastructure (including roads, dams, buildings, electricity poles etc.), destruction of agricultural area and pushed millions of people into poverty and hunger. Since the beginning of the rainy season, it is reported that over 735 000 livestock have perished, and about 2 million acres of crops have been adversely impacted (UNCT, 2022).