User:Sigmoid01/sandbox/Floods in Pakistan before 2000

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19th century

1835, 1841^[1]

20th century

August 30, 1929 — At least 300 people were killed in Punjab region by heavy rains and the flood waters of the Indus river as an ice dam burst in Yapchan Kashmir on Shyok River, a tributary of Indus River.^[2]^[3] as result of heatwave^[4]. In a single day, the Indus river rose 11 feet (3.4 metres) On 19 August, the water was {convert|4.5|ft|m|abbr=off} within reach of previous record of 1882.^[5] Lahore was also flooded and knee-deep water there, suspended all business. After the floods, a cholera epidemic 76 people in Larkana and killed 28 people in Sindh. Warnings were issued in Sukkur for a second flood.^[6]^[7]
August 1947 — ^[8]^[9]
September 6, 1950 — ^[10]^[11]
July 12, 1953 — Torrential rains in Northern Pakistan caused rivers to swell. In Rawalpindi 5.5 inches of rain fell in 10 hours causing nearby rivers to flood. In Sukkur, 200 homes collapsed after heavy rain. Indus River was flowing at 50ft above normal at Khairabad (near Attock) and it had broken all records since 1932. Ravi was also flooded but then- recently built levees were said to be holding it. The floods occurred after a heat wave killed nearly 900 people in the country. The highest temperature recorded was 116F.^[12]
October 1954 — ^[13]
July 7, 1959 — ^[14]
July 26, 1975 — ^[15]^[16]
August 1973 — ^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]
August 20, 1976 — ^[26]
October 5, 1988 — ^[27]^[28]
September 19, 1992 — ^[29]^[30]
July 16, 1993 — ^[31]

References

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