The 2012 Pakistan floods began in early September 2012, resulting from heavy

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rains in

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, Upper Sindh, Southern

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and

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regions of

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Flooding and impact

Initially according to the met Office forecasts, Pakistan was to receive below normal rainfall in 2012 and most of these areas were bracing for a drought. But by 1 September the Pakistan Meteorological Department started to roll out emergency weather advisories stating that an extremely low pressure Monsoon system, developed over the Bay of Bengal will enter the country and cause widespread heavy rainfall across Southern

, Southern Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, eastern

and

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The low pressure system entered the country on 3 September and lashed these areas with heavy falls. The system continued to stay till 12 September 2012. Flash floods triggered by heavy rains caused widespread destruction across vast swathes of the country, breaking a 24-year rainfall record and leaving over 100 people dead in upper Sindh, wreaking devastation in Punjab's Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur areas and leaving five districts of eastern Balochistan cut off from the rest of the country. On 9 September The Met Office said that between 8am and 5pm Dera Ghazi Khan and Okara received 96mm of rain, Shorkot 85mm, Bahawalnagar and Sahiwal 79mm, Noorpur Thal 66mm, Toba Tek Singh 65mm, Bahawalpur city 45mm, Jhang 35mm, Rahim Yar Khan 31mm, Multan 27mm, Faisalabad 25mm, Nawabshah 24mm, Chhor 23mm, Bhakkar 20mm, Chakwal and Dera Ismail Khan 17mm, Parachinar and Mandi Bahauddin 16mm, Thatta 15mm, Joharabad and Rawalakot 14mm and Kotli 12mm.

Heavy rainfalls recorded during the wet spell of September 2012

Heavy rainfalls were recorded during the five-day wet spell from 5 September to 9 September 2012 in the provinces of

and

based on data from the Pakistan Meteorological Department. * Indicates new record in the month

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Floods in Pakistan History of Punjab, Pakistan (1947–present) September 2012 in Pakistan

Flooding and impact

Heavy rainfalls recorded during the wet spell of September 2012

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