*This report is a product of the DEEP Remote Analysis Team comprising analysts and other professionals from Data Friendly Space (DFS). DFS wants to acknowledge the significant contributions of its staff to the analytical process, as well as their roles in the publication and finalisation of this report. The DEEP Remote Analysis Team has worked to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the findings presented herein. DFS appreciates the collaborative effort in bringing forth this comprehensive report, reflecting the combined expertise of all teams involved.
Key figures
- A third of the country is under water and 33 million people (15% of the population) have been affected, of which 6.6 million severely, by torrential rains and floods, raising the number of officially 'disaster-hit' districts to 81.
- At least 636,940 displaced people are living in camps.
- Education: At least 18,590 schools have been damaged, mainly in Sindh province.
- Food: Some 73% of affected households are estimated to have inadequate resources to buy food
- Health: At least 1,460 health facilities have been affected, of which 432 fully damaged and 1,028 partially damaged. At least 660,120 people have reported various illnesses, mostly diarrhoea, skin infections and acute respiratory diseases, at government-run medical camps in flood-affected areas since July.
- Logistics: More than 5,730 km of roads have been damaged by these rains and more than 246 bridges have been affected across the country.
- Protection: High rates of displacement, with lack of privacy and safe places reported across locations, raise protection risks.
- Shelter: The number of homes damaged or destroyed in Pakistan has tripled since last week, with 1.688 million houses affected as of 5 September. 30% of those families who have lost their houses have also lost all their essential household items.
- WASH: In affected areas, 30% of water systems are estimated to have been damaged. 63% of the population reported access to sufficient and quality drinking water as a serious issue.
Risks
- From 10 September, new moderate rainfall is expected over major rivers. Due to incessant rainfall, dam reservoirs have rapidly been filled up, posing further risks to people in the surrounding areas and downstream.
- Increasing caseload of water-borne disease outbreaks due to damaged WASH facilities and contaminated water and mosquito-borne diseases due to stagnating water.
- Prices of milk, meat, chicken and eggs are likely to increase sharply in the coming days, following heavy livestock losses.
- High levels of physical constraints due to increasing number of roads and bridges damaged, hampering needs assessments and response.
- Tensions between host and displaced populations may arise in the coming weeks.
- The floods are also likely to disrupt relief work in Afghanistan given the country’s role as a key transit route.
