The 2010 floods killed about 2,000 people and made 11 million homeless in one of Pakistan's worst natural disasters. One-fifth of Pakistan was then submerged in water, and the government faced a $10bn bill to repair damage to homes, bridges, roads and other infrastructure. The Islamabad government faced another major setback as floods caused heavy damage to the vital agriculture sector.
Pakistan lost up to two million cotton bales, or about 13 per cent of its estimated crop, due to heavy monsoon rains during harvesting in Sindh, as said by the government. Aid workers expressed fears over possible outbreaks of diseases linked to the new floods, especially among children which spread very fastly there in 2010.
As a result of the floods in 2010 Pakistan faced major economic downfall as the prices of the commodities gone up due to shortage of production of crops creating misery for the homeless people. According to some reports, people who had migrated from such flooded areas are still homeless. Sigh....
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