2020 Karachi floods

[1][2][3] The floods were caused by record monsoon rains from 24 to 27 August,[4] which were inadequately drained by poorly maintained drainage systems in the city.

Landslides, infrastructure damage, and traffic jams[6] caused by the floods disrupted the daily lives of around 15 million residents.

[5][8] As the development plan of Karachi was not implemented, the pressure of insufficient space for commercial activities forced the government to build bazaars over the nalas.

[5][8] Due to the large-scale real estate development, many natural drainage channels and water collection depressions had been dismantled in the hilly formations north of the city.

[5][6] In response to the catastrophic floods in Karachi,then Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah ordered that schools be used as resettlement sites for the displaced families.

[19] The Pakistani army was also summoned to Karachi on July 30, 2020, to aid the civil authorities in addressing the city's flooding problem.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Army also collaborated with the local National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Frontier Works Organization (FWO)to relief Karachi residents who had been affected by the monsoon rains.

[21] Local rescuers assisted by Baitulmaal (a Dallas-based international humanitarian organization) helped evacuate surviving residents of Karachi's Gulberg Town.

Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Karachi, inundation of streets, houses and outdated urban drainage systems, and collapse of lines, resulting in large-scale power failure in the city.

[32] COVID-related disruptions severely impeding diagnosis and treatment of the diseases, access to relief from floods as well as affordability of mosquito nets.

[33] Different water and vector borne diseases had already emerged after heavy flooding, such as dengue, malaria, diarrhea, typhoid and hepatitis.