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Overview of natural disasters 2015: impact, response and managing risks

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This report presents a summary of the main natural disasters that struck different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, affecting a large number of people and causing substantial damage to public and private infrastructure. The Mini-Cyclone on 26th April, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) and flash floods in July-August, a massive earthquake on 26th October followed by earthquakes in November and December, caused 232 deaths and inflicted grievous injuries to many people. Around 98,000 housing units were either fully or partially destroyed and billions of damages were reported to public infrastructure.

The report also includes lessons learned, and implementation and enforcement related recommendations.

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon Earthquake Flood
Themes Disaster risk management Economics of DRR Governance Recovery Shelter and housing
Country and region Pakistan
Number of pages
28 p.
Publication year
2016

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