KPK previously NWFP province has been hit by devastating floods after the westerlies and monsoon combined which they do rarely to give unprecendented rains. The floods are very wide spread and from the northern parts of the province to its southern tip. A brief report is as following:

 

 

These districts are the most densely populated parts of the province. Rising rivers and floods in dry stream have affected over 800,000 thousand people. Water is standing in most houses. The godown we run for UNHCR on the outskirts of Peshawar was inundated by water rising to almost fifteen feet. There is water every where. Its is fast receeding althouth large parts of Charsadda and Nowshera are under water. In the town of Nowshera people are moving about in boats in the Bazar. Communication from Peshawar to Islamabad is totally cut off. The major issue at the moment is rescuing people who have been marooned. In addition to this the people face shortages of food, shelther provision, medical help and non food items. Food crops stored in villages by people have been washed away and crops destroyed on a large scale

 

Swat: This insurgency hit area which was on road to recovery has been hit by a rising river, many instance of lightning strike and toral break down of communications channels. It is reported that tweny seven bridges have been destroyed leaving vast food deficit areas cut off from the main towns, destruction of vast areass of crops and orchards. In the eleven union councils which our staff surveryed around Saidu yesterday more than three hundred houses had been destroyed and two thousand five hundred inundated with water. Over a hundred and thirty deaths are being reported.

 

Shangla; This mountainous district is reporting over a hundred and fifty dead. Severe damage to small road infrastructure damaging irrigation channels, small micro hydro electricty both of which are community run. There is damage to crops and reports of many villages moving out to find shelter.

 

Kohistan: In this remote mountainous district where communication is very difficult four small bazars have been totally washed away and many villages inundated moving out people to higher grounds. Three hundred houses have been destroyed and over two hundred shops destroyed. The main hit areas are Ranolia, Dubair Bala and Jijal Bazar. Breakding down of bridges is posing a big challenge getting to people. The need for food,shelter and medicine are posing is big challenge.

 

Chitral: Booni and Reshun towns have survived the breakding down of huge glaciers which fortunately just managed to avoid the town. But the high water levels have damaged the drinking water schemes in the area and irrigation channels posing big problems for the people. There are also reports of damages to houses in the Kalash valley where tweny five houses have been affected.

 

 

The hamlet of Chakdara has been pierced through by the Swat river damaging crops and infrastructure and posing food challenges for hundred of people