Date: March – June 2009 A major humanitarian crisis unfolded in the Swat Valley in March 2009 following the violation of a peace agreement by the Pakistani Taliban. The conflict displaced some two million residents of the Swat Valley, which also suffered...
Date: 26 September 2009 Category: 2 (Tropical Cyclone) Typhoon Ketsana was the second most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, bringing 455mm of rain to the Philippines over a 24 hour period on September 26, before moving on to hit...
Date: 8 October 2005 Magnitude: 7.6 The devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir in October 2005 resulted in the loss of more than 80,000 lives with more than 41,000 injured. Entire villages were destroyed, leaving survivors homeless with...
Date: November – December 2015 Incessant rain in India’s southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in November and December 2015 led to massive flooding. More than 340 fatalities were recorded, 280 of them in Tamil Nadu alone, with...
Date: September 2014 Torrential monsoon rains that began at the start of September 2014 triggered mass flooding and widespread damage in Pakistan and parts of northern India. More than 2.53 million people were affected, with 1,000 dead across Nepal, Bangladesh,...
Date: June 2004 In June 2004, South Asia experienced one of the worst floods to hit the region in decades. More than 2,000 people perished and another 70 million people across the region were affected. How we helped: Our relief team distributed supplies,...
