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List of natural disasters in Pakistan

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The following is a list of natural disasters that have affected Pakistan.

Event	Disaster	Location	Date	Affected	Death Toll
	Earthquake/Tsunami	Makran	325 BC
1935 Quetta earthquake	Earthquake	Quetta	May 31, 1935		60,000
1945 Balochistan earthquake	Earthquake/Tsunami	Makran	Nov 27, 1945		4,000
	Flood		1950		2,900
	Wind storm	Karachi	Dec 15, 1965		10,000
	Flood		Aug 1973	4,800,000
1974 Hunza earthquake	Earthquake	Northern Areas	Dec 28, 1974	97,000	5,300
	Flood		Aug 2, 1976	5,566,000
	Flood		Jun 1977	1,022,000	848
	Flood		Jul 1978	2,246,000
	Flood		Aug 1988	1,000,000
	Extreme Temperature		Jun 11, 1991		961
	Flood		Aug 9, 1992	6,184,418
	Flood		Sep 1992	12,324,024	1,334
	Wind storm		Nov 14, 1993		609
	Flood		Jul 22, 1995	1,255,000
	Flood		Aug 24, 1996	1,186,131
	Flood		Mar 3, 1998		1,000
	Drought		Mar 2000	2,200,000
2005 Kashmir earthquake	Earthquake	Muzaffarabad	Oct 8, 2005	2,500,000	87,351
	Flood		Jul/Aug 2010	20,000,000

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Pakistan Top 10 Natural Disasters

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Natural erosion	Sinkhole

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Temperature	Blizzard Cold wave Ice storm Heat wave
Drought	Megadrought
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Pre-colonial	Mughal East India Company Durrani Sikh Confederacy Sikh Empire First Anglo-Afghan War First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Rebellion
Colonial	British Raj Second Anglo-Afghan War Durand Line Third Anglo-Afghan War Aligarh Movement Hindi–Urdu controversy Pakistan Movement Muslim League Two nation theory Jinnah's 14 Points Lahore Resolution Direct Action Day Partition Independence
Dominion	Dominion of Pakistan Monarchy of Pakistan Governor-General Princely states 1947 War Liaquat–Nehru Pact Baghdad Pact
Republic	1947–present Indus Treaty 1965 War 1971 Movement 1971 War Project-706 Islamisation Baloch insurgency Kargil War Liberalization Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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