AN OVERVIEW OF FLOOD DEVASTATION

Byline: MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ It is impossible to describe the magnitude of the catastrophe, but the area covered by the floodwaters is equal to the size of Great Britain. The scale of the disaster is so vast that even large international aid agencies are struggling to reach many parts of the country. Pakistan is facing one of the biggest disasters in the world history as one third of country is covered by the flood. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan could exceed the combined total in three recent mega disasters - the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Pakistani earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The death toll in each of those three disasters was much higher than the 2,000 people killed so far in the floods that hit Pakistan. However, the Pakistani government estimates that over 20 million people have been affected.