Issued: August 2, 2010, 3:00 p.m.

With tides of wild floods finally terminating into the Arabian Sea, by passing through the southern district of Thatta, the aftermath of the unprecedented disaster starts unfolding in various parts of the country. There are reports of indignant IDPs protesting over half cooked relief measures and increased number of deaths by gastro, in media. WHO has expressed fear of malaria outbreak in the flood affected areas and economic gurus are predicting a price hike of 32 percent, enough to kneel down the already crumbling economy. Major highlights of last 96 hours are:

Kachho in Dadu District has been prone to droughts due to an extremely arid climate and suffers from chronic water scarcity. The area has been experiencing severe bouts of drought, resulting in the spread of disease amongst the local people such as tuberculosis, cholera, diarrhea, measles, and malaria.

Covering approximately 160,000 square kilometers, the 2010 monsoon rains and glacier melting have resulted in Pakistan’s worst natural disaster. The unprecedented flooding caused 2,000 deaths so far; this number is increasing due to the aftereffects from severe food shortage and disease. As the floodwaters inundated Pakistan’s rivers and traveled from northern areas to the southern coast, close to 20 million people were affected.