Surface Waters Monitoring In Pakistan - Evolution - 17 May 2023
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Title
Surface Waters Monitoring In Pakistan - Evolution - 17 May 2023
Description
**UNOSAT code FL20221121PAK** Status: Overall decrease in the observed surface waters Further action(s): continue monitoring Evolution of Cumulative Surface Waters over I.R. of Pakistan (21 to 25 Apr. 2023) Vs. (26 to 30 Apr. 2023) Between 26 to 30 April 2023 approximately 1 million people are potentially exposed or living close to maximum floodwaters areas(*); Approximately 230,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to minimum floodwaters areas(**) between 26 to 30 April 2023; Based on satellite observations between 21 to 25 April 2023 and compared with observations between 26 to 30 April 2023, the maximum flood water extent appears to continue to retract with approximately ~ -3,700 km² in Sindh, ~ - 1,500 km² in Punjab, ~ -160 km² in Balochistan and ~ - 180 km² in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2023-05-17
Date Issued
2023-05-17
License
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Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2023). Surface Waters Monitoring In Pakistan - Evolution - 17 May 2023. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/11292a7b-09d3-4d44-9ce3-e11daa8e109a (dataset)