Heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions affected the Indus River. One-fifth of Pakistan's total land area went underwater, approximately 796,095 square kilometres... This is my documentation.
Pakistan Flood July 2010
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Village under water.
Heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions affected the Indus River. One-fifth of Pakistan's total land area went underwater, approximately 796,095 square kilometres... All images copyright of Wai Kay Photography.
Islamabad, Pakistan - August 28 2010 : Armed security guards are a common sight even at small shops in the wake of Taliban threat. On 27th Aug, the Taliban announced that they will be out to kidnap aid workers.
Rawalpindi, Pakistan - August 2010 : A fruit seller takes a second glance at a foreigner in his city.
Rawalpindi, Pakistan - August 2010 : A common street
Charsadda, Pakistan - August 2010 : Water provided to this refugee camp by UNICEF (HRDS). This is one of the worst disaster in recent times but with the least UN and NGO aid.
Charsadda, Pakistan - August 2010 : Sister taking care of her younger siblings.
Charsadda, Pakistan - August 2010 : Children having fun in a refugee camp.
Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : Man going for his daily prayers.
Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : A school area converted to sleeping quarters at night.
Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : Contamination of water source has caused many to fall ill. This kitten was not spared either.
Malakand, Pakistan - August 2010 : Singapore humanitarian team assembling a water filter for the refugees. Other items donated include food supplies.
Thatta, Pakistan - 29 August 2010 : Families migrating from potential flood area. Water level rises quickly and it is pridicted that this area will be covered with water in a day or two.
Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : A hot day.
Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : Neither words nor pictures can describe how they feel.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Banana plantation buried in water.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Homeless calf.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Herdsman at a lost.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Family of 4 building a shelter with dried branches.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : This boy was trying to save whatever is left with the drowned banana plantation.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Buried 6 feet under.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Electrical cables leading to a village... now under water.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Met these 2 men packing the soft soil east of the levee in hope to delay it from breaking. It gave way a few hours after our team left this area. News have it that one of these 2 men drowned trying to save a women from the rushing water.
Sujawal, Pakistan - August 2010 : Rescue boats.
Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : Migration.
Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : Water distribution by local aid workers.
Thatta, Pakistan - August 2010 : This women tried to tell me that there is not enough for her and family.
Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Last one standing. Sugar cane plantation destroyed by the flood.
Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Boy meeting his friends for a day out.
Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Flood water receded leaving the soil destroyed.
Peshawar, Pakistan - August 2010 : Lone tree survived the flood. Water pump destroyed.
