1945 Balochistan earthquake: A 7.

8 Richter Scale earthquake hit southwestern

Balochistan on 28 November 1945. The quake led to a 40-foot tsunami causing the
deaths of over 4,000 people.

1950 floods: Monsoon rain in 1950 killed an estimated 2,900 people across the
country. Over 100,000 homes were destroyed, leaving around 900,000 people
homeless.

December 15, 1965 is the day when Karachi was in the eye of the storm. Not much is
known about this cyclone except that it killed some 10,000 people

1970 East Pakistan cyclone: The Bhola tropical cyclone struck East Pakistan on 12
November 1970. Up to 500,000 lost their lives, primarily as a result of the storm

1974 Hunza earthquake: A 6.2 Richter Scale quake hit the Hunza area in Pakistan on
28 December 1974. About 5,300 people were killed, 17,000 injured and 97,000
affected.

1992 floods was a deadliest flood caused by a five days long heavy rains that occurred
on 7 September 1992

2000 drought: At least 1.2 million people in Balochistan were affected by drought, and
over 100 died, mostly because of dehydration. The drought lasted over 10 months.

2005 Kashmir quake: A 7.6-Richter scale quake struck the Kashmir region on 8
October 2005. According to official figures, at least 73,000 people were killed and more
than 3.3 million made homeless.

2007 Cyclone Yemyin: At least 380 people were killed in Balochistan, 250 in Sindh and
100 in Balochistan as a result of flash floods triggered by Cyclone Yemyin,

2010 Hunza Lake disaster: A landslide in January 2010 in Attabad village in Hunza-
nagar District in the far north of the country killed 20 people and led to around 40
houses sliding into the Hunza river.

2010 floods: The toll so far: 1,600 deaths; over six million affected

The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan (Feb 2020) is part of the ongoing pandemic of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
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