Statistical Summary of National Hazards in Pakistan (from 1900 to 2020) |
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| Disaster Type | Disaster Subtype | Events Count | Total Deaths | Total Affected | Total Damage |
| Drought | Drought | 1 | 143 | 2,200,000 | 247,000 |
| Earthquake | Ground Movement | 35 | 144,116 | 7,435,786 | 5,376,755 |
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Epidemic
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Bacterial disease | 3 | 142 | 11,103 | 0 |
| Parasitic disease | 1 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | |
| Viral Disease | 2 | 130 | 56,338 | 0 | |
| Others | 5 | 131 | 371 | 0 | |
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Extreme Temperature
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Cold wave | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Heat wave | 15 | 2,936 | 80,574 | 18,000 | |
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Flood
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Flash flood | 24 | 3,590 | 22,114,253 | 10,184,118 |
| Rivenine flood | 43 | 9,229 | 34,967,357 | 9,727,030 | |
| Others | 39 | 5,286 | 23,863,294 | 2,670,030 | |
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Landslide
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Avalanche | 12 | 567 | 4,435 | 0 |
| Landslide | 9 | 222 | 29,707 | 18,000 | |
| Mudslide | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | |
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Storm
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Convective storm | 15 | 402 | 1,906 | 0 |
| Tropical cyclone | 7 | 11,555 | 2,599,940 | 1,715,036 | |
| Others | 7 | 184 | 2,988 | 0 | |
| Source: Climate Risk Country Profile, Pakistan, From 1900 to 2020 | |||||
