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{{Short description|Natural disaster impacting large numbers of people in various Asian countries}}
{{Hatnote|This article refers to the multiple concurrent floods in South Asia between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (Dartmouth Flood Observatory numbers DFO115, 121, 124, 129, 136, 143, 153, 155, 157 and 158). See other articles for other floods, e.g. the floods caused by [[Cyclone Yemyin]], the China floods, the [[2007 Sudan floods|Sudan floods]].}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox weather event
|image = 2007BDflood.png
|caption = Residents of Keraniganj walk on a bridge on the bank of the flooded Buriganga river.
}}{{Infobox weather event/History
|duration = 3 July 2007 – 15 August 2007
}}{{Infobox weather event/Effects
|damages = At least [[Rupees|Rs.]] 500 millions (USD 12 million)
|fatalities = 2,000+
|affected = India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan
}}{{Infobox weather event/Footer}}
The '''2007 South Asian floods''' were a series of floods in India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. News Agencies, citing the Indian and Bangladeshi governments, place the death toll in excess of 2,000.<ref name="AFX">{{cite magazine |date=9 August 2007 |title=South Asia floods death toll passes 2,000; India releases disaster relief |url=https://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/08/09/afx4003968.html |magazine=[[Forbes]] Limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007175218/http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/08/09/afx4003968.html |archive-date=7 October 2008 |accessdate=10 August 2007}}</ref> By 3 August, approximately 20 million had been affected<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12481422&sc=YahooNews&ft=1&f=1004|title=Floods Leave Millions Homeless in India, Bangladesh|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=3 August 2007| accessdate= 3 August 2007 }} Last accessed 3 August 2007</ref> and by 10 August some 30 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal had been affected by flooding.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Floods show need for disaster risk reduction - UN |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10924649.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>

[[UNICEF]] said that the situation "is being described as the worst flooding in living memory".<ref name="UNICEF">{{cite news|url=http://www.unicef.org/media/media_40495.html |title=Millions of people across South Asia affected by monsoonal flooding |publisher=[[UNICEF]] |date=3 August 2007 |accessdate=8 August 2007  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814224433/http://www.unicef.org/media/media_40495.html |archive-date=14 August 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy }} Last accessed 8 August 2007.</ref>

==Background==
[[File:South Asia subdivisions flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|South Asia subdivisions affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]
Rajpal Yadav of the [[Indian Meteorological Department]] reported that "we've been getting constant rainfall in these areas for nearly 20 days" due to abnormal [[monsoon]] patterns.<ref name="NPR" /> Flooding in Pakistan began during the landfall of [[Cyclone 03B (2007)|Cyclone 03B]] in June 2007. Pakistani states [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] and [[Sindh]] were particularly affected.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/soasia.floods/index.html |title=Millions flee 'worst ever' floods |publisher=CNN |date=3 August 2007 |accessdate=3 August 2007  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809003918/http://www2.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/soasia.floods/index.html |archive-date=9 August 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy }} Last accessed 3 August 2007.</ref>
Melting snow from the [[Himalaya]]n [[glacier]]s increased the water levels of the [[Brahmaputra River]].<ref name="AFP">{{cite web|last=Hussain |first=Zarir |url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-75PBDV?OpenDocument |title=India floods leave children without food, water |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=2 August 2007 |accessdate=4 August 2007  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070825194930/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-75PBDV?OpenDocument |archive-date=25 August 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy }} Last accessed 3 August 2007.</ref>
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==Areas affected in Bangladesh==
[[File:Bangladesh divisions flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|[[Divisions of Bangladesh]] affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]
[[File:Bangladesh districts flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|[[Districts of Bangladesh]] affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]
On 1 August, there was flooding on the [[Padma River|Padma]] and [[Brahmaputra]] rivers.<ref name="Reu">{{cite web|url=http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/01/1993547.htm?section=world|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204220033/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/01/1993547.htm?section=world|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2008|title=Bangladesh, India floods leave thousands stranded|publisher=Reuters|date=1 August 2007| accessdate= 3 August 2007 }} Last accessed 3 August 2007.</ref> By 3 August, the main highway connecting [[Dhaka]] to the rest of the country was impassable,<ref name="NPR" /> many districts were flood-affected<ref name="UNICEF" /> and 500,000 people had been marooned.<ref name="Reu" /> By 7 August an estimated 7.5 million people had fled their homes.<ref name="alertnet.org">{{cite news
|title=Caritas Responds to Monsoon Devastation in South Asia
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/carintern/386c8f97586f2b20b402e79c0af6f23c.htm |work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=7 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref> By 8 August more than 50,000 people had diarrhoea or other waterborne diseases<ref>{{cite news
|title=Hunger, disease stalk children hit by South Asia floods |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL187242.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070825230241/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL187242.htm| archive-date= 25 August 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> and more than 400,000 people were in temporary shelters.<ref name="http">{{cite news
|title=Hunger, disease stalk children hit by South Asia floods |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL187242.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070825230241/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL187242.htm| archive-date= 25 August 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> By 11 August, flood deaths were still occurring in Bangladesh, the number of people with flood-related diseases was increasing<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news
|title=Flood victims clash with police in India, 30 hurt |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL219103.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=11 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref> and about 100,000 people had caught dysentery or diarrhoea.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news
|title=Bangladeshi hospital struggles to cope with flood victims |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL241115.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref> By 13 August, the confirmed death toll in Bangladesh was 405.<ref>{{cite news
|title=B'desh cancels hospital leave to combat disease |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA288786.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=13 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>

By 15 August, five million people were still displaced, the estimated death toll was nearly 500,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh flood death toll nears 500, thousands ill |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA30252.htm |work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]|date=15 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref> and all six of Bangladesh's [[Divisions of Bangladesh|divisions]] were affected.

===Dhaka===
Districts in Dhaka that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Dhaka, Munshiganj, Rajbari, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Manikganj, Netrakona, Jamalpur and Tangail.<ref name="DF0129">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |title=Dartmouth Flood Observatory 2007 Global Register of Major Flood Events, flood number DFO129 |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Khulna===
Districts in Khulna that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Magura and Narail.<ref name="DF0129" />

===Rajshahi===
Places in Rajshahi that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Sirajganj, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra and Kurigram. Besides, Belkuchi, Enayatpur too.<ref name="DF0129" />

===Sylhet===
Districts in Sylhet that were affected by flooding on 21 July include Sylhet, Sunamganj and Sherpur.<ref name="DF0129" />
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==Areas affected in Bhutan==
[[File:Bhutan subdivisions flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|Bhutan subdivisions affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]
In Bhutan, the rain had led to landslides across the country, disrupting a number of major roads.<ref name="Reu" />

===Samdrup Jongkhar and Sarpang===
By 5 August water was still above the warning level in the foothills of Bhutan.<ref>[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LSGZ-75WDAL?OpenDocument UNICEF Situation Report India floods - External 5 August 2007]</ref>
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==Areas affected in India==
[[File:India subdivisions flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|India states affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]

By the August 7th in India, an estimated 13.7 million people had fled their homes.<ref name="alertnet.org" />
According to the Indian government, the total cost of the [[monsoon]] was in excess of {{INRConvert|1.3|b}} since June 7th<ref name="AFX"/> The full extent of the damage and number of lives lost may never be known.<ref name="WB">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyindia.com/newsc/india/west-bengal.php |title=''Daily India'' |date=29 July 2007 |accessdate=7 August 2007  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807003749/http://www.dailyindia.com/newsc/india/west-bengal.php |archive-date=7 August 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> president [[Pratibha Patil]] has condoled the loss of lives due to the floods.<ref name="HT" />

===Arunachal Pradesh===
Places in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] that were affected by flooding on 12 July include Lakhimpur, Chamuah Gaon, Nowboicha and Bharaluwa Gaon.<ref name="DF0121">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |title=Dartmouth Flood Observatory 2007 Global Register of Major Flood Events, flood number DFO121 |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Assam===
In [[Assam]], approximately 100,000 sought shelter in 500 government-sponsored relief camps. Millions of dollars' worth of crops were also destroyed.<ref name="NPR" /> 500,000 residents in Assam were displaced, and nineteen have been killed. On 1 August 2007, a teenage boy from Assam was shot by a police officer after a flood as survivors attacked a group of aid workers.<ref name="AFP" />

===Bihar and Uttar Pradesh===
[[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] were the hardest hit states due to their high population density. By 3 August, the estimated death toll was 41 people, and 48 schoolgirls were marooned in a school in the [[Darbhanga]] district.<ref name="Reu" /><ref name="HT">{{cite news |title=North India inundated |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/north-india-inundated/story-i8B5M5mKe3vaoBTL7afKeL.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=3 August 2007 |accessdate= 3 August 2007}} Last accessed 3 August 2007.</ref> By 8 August, an estimated 10 million people in Bihar had been affected by flooding.<ref name="http" /> Army helicopters delivered food packets to Bihar residents and 180 relief camps were set up. By 10 August, aid workers in Bihar said the number of people with diarrhoea had jumped dramatically<ref>{{cite news
|title=Bangladeshi hospital struggles to cope with flood victims |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL241115.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref> and by 11 August, flood deaths were still occurring.<ref name="Reuters" />

===Gujarat===
On 8 August, [[Jamnagar]] reported 269 millimetres (10 inches) of rain<ref name="AFX" /> and fresh flooding was reported in Gujarat.<ref name="http" /> By the next day, nine people had been killed<ref name="AFX" /> and more than 400 villages were cut off.<ref>{{cite news|title=Flood rains hit new India regions |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6938350.stm |work=BBC News |date=9 August 2007 |access-date=15 August 2007}}</ref> By 10 August, more than 22,000 people were displaced<ref>{{cite news|title=Sickness spreads in S Asia floods |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6939860.stm |publisher=BBC|date=10 August 2007 |access-date=15 August 2007}}</ref> and health workers were disinfecting the worst-hit areas.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

===Haryana===
[[Haryana]] was affected by flooding on 12 August.<ref name="DF0157">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |title=Dartmouth Flood Observatory 2007 Global Register of Major Flood Events, flood number DFO157 |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Himachal Pradesh===
On 14 August in [[Himachal Pradesh]], a cloudburst caused a landslide that buried an entire village, killing an estimated 60 people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sixty feared dead in landslide in Indian Himalayas |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL18598.htm |work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]|date=15 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>

===Jammu and Kashmir===
Parts of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], the part of [[Kashmir]] administered by India, that were affected by flooding on 12 August include Jammu city, Udhampur, Nikki Tawi, and lower Satwari.<ref name="DF0157" />

===Jharkhand and West Bengal===
While relief efforts have been concentrated elsewhere in India, the plight of the traditional region of Bengal (the flood plains of the [[Ganges]]-[[Brahmaputra]]-[[Meghna]] river delta and its tributaries) has been less reported. The [[Damodar River|Damodar]] and [[Kangsabati]] rivers overflowed their banks in late June, but levels finally began to fall as of 6 August.<ref name="ReliefNet">{{cite news|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MCON-75G8YN?OpenDocument |title=India: Situation report - Deep depression/flood, 09 Jul 2007 |publisher=Relief Web International |date=26 July 2007 |accessdate=7 August 2007  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212010011/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MCON-75G8YN?OpenDocument |archive-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> The [[Durgapur Barrage]] and [[Kangsabati]] Dam (near [[Bankura]]) may be partly responsible. In North Bengal, the floods have caused economic damage also estimated in the millions of U.S. dollars (at least [[Rupees|Rs.]] 500 million); and in [[Siliguri]], flash floods have wiped away at least 100 houses on a single night (28 July 2007). The state government of West Bengal has set up facilities to house 50,000 refugees. As the flood has affected parts of the East [[Midnapore]] ([[Purba Medinipur]]) district, [[Partition of Midnapore|long-standing political divisions and conflicts]] have flared in the wake of the floods.

===Kerala===
[[Kerala]] was affected by flooding on 19 July.<ref name="DF0124">http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |date=22 September 2019 }} Flood Number 0124</ref>

===Maharashtra===
By 3 August most streets were flooded in [[Mumbai]] and parts of Maharashtra were waterlogged.<ref>{{cite news|title=Devastating floods hit South Asia |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6927389.stm |work=BBC News |date=3 August 2007 |access-date=15 August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070808155557/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6927389.stm| archive-date= 8 August 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> On 7 August there was extensive flooding in the Gadchiroli district.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Time and money running out as floods continuedd to devastate south Asia |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216723/b1a0c15d2f0d7b2b9633499f3c2faae6.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=7 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>

===Meghalaya===
Places in [[Meghalaya]] that were affected by flooding on 12 July include the West Garo Hills district, the Tura and Rishipara areas.<ref name="DF0121" />

===National Capital Territory of Delhi===
New Delhi was also affected by the heavy rains.<ref name="CNN" />

===Orissa===
On 8 August, fresh flooding was reported in Orissa.<ref name="http" />

===Punjab===
[[Punjab, India|Punjab]] was affected by flooding on 12 August.<ref name="DF0157" />

===Tripura===
Places in [[Tripura]] that were affected by flooding on 12 July include Udaipur, Amarpur and Sonamura.<ref name="DF0129" />

===Uttarakhand===
[[Uttarakhand]], which was known as Uttaranchal until 2006, was affected by flooding on 12 August.<ref name="DF0157" />
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==Areas affected in Nepal==
[[File:Nepal regions flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|[[Regions of Nepal]] affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]
[[File:Nepal zones flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|[[Zones of Nepal]] affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]
In Nepal, eighty-four people were killed by the floods and resulting [[landslide]]s and 9,700 families were displaced. Twenty-eight of the country's seventy-five [[Districts of Nepal|districts]] were affected,<ref name="CNN" /> in eleven of Nepal's fourteen [[Zones of Nepal|zones]] and all five of Nepal's [[Regions of Nepal|regions]]. Nepali officials were concerned about the spread of [[waterborne diseases]].<ref name="Reu" /> By 7 August an estimated 333,500 people in Nepal were affected by flooding.<ref>{{cite news
|title=NEPAL: Flood victims complain of lack of aid, slow delivery
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/ffa9d7f8f96cfcf421776ef27c9b2f1a.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=7 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>

===Central Region===

====Janakpur Zone====
Districts in the [[Janakpur Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sindhuli, Sarlahi and Ramechhap.<ref name="DF0136">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |title=Dartmouth Flood Observatory 2007 Global Register of Major Flood Events, flood number DFO136 |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Narayani Zone====
Districts in the [[Narayani Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Chitwan and Rautahat.<ref name="DF0136" />

===East Region===

====Koshi Zone====
Districts in the [[Koshi Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Sunsari and Morang.<ref name="DF0136" />

====Province No. 1====
The Jhapa District in the [[Province No. 1]] was affected by flooding from 23 July.<ref name="DF0136" />

====Sagarmatha Zone====
Districts in the [[Sagarmatha Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Udayapur, Okhaldhunga, Saptari, Solukhumbu and Siraha.<ref name="DF0136" />

===Far West Region===

====Mahakali Zone====
Districts in the [[Mahakali Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Baitadi and Darchula.<ref name="DF0136" />

====Seti Zone====
Districts in the [[Seti Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Kailali, Bajhang and Bajura.<ref name="DF0136" />

===Mid West Region===

====Bheri Zone====
Districts in the [[Bheri Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Banke, Bardiya and Surkhet.<ref name="DF0136" />

====Rapti Zone====
The Dang district in the [[Rapti Zone]] was affected by flooding from 23 July.<ref name="DF0136" />

===West Region===

====Dhawalagiri Zone====
The Baglung District in the [[Dhawalagiri Zone]] was affected by flooding from 23 July.<ref name="DF0136" />

====Lumbini Zone====
Districts in the [[Lumbini Zone]] that were affected by flooding from 23 July include Nawalparasi and Gulmi.<ref name="DF0136" />
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==Areas affected in Pakistan==
[[File:Pakistan subdivisions flood hit between July 3 and August 15 2007.png|thumb|right|Pakistan subdivisions affected by flooding between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (marked in blue).]]By 11 August, 28 people had died in rain-related accidents in [[Sindh]].<ref name="Reuters" /> By 12 August, flood waters were sweeping through villages in southern Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news
|title=As South Asia Floods Recede, Urgent Aid Still Needed |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/redcrossusa/118694387461.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=12 August 2007
|accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref> The Kohistan district of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] was affected by flooding on 12 August.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |title=Dartmouth Flood Observatory 2007 Global Register of Major Flood Events, flood number DFO158 |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Areas in coastal [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] were destroyed, including the village of [[Solband]], which was levelled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6255920.stm|title=Anger and despair in Balochistan|date=29 June 2007|work=BBC News|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref>{{clr}}

==See also==
[[Kangsabati Project]]

==International response==
By 15 August, non-governmental organisations, many with contributions from governments, that were contributing aid included
Malteser International,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Flood disaster in South Asia: Malteser International responds to flood in Pakistan |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/332065/118708033779.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=14 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Flood disaster in South Asia : Welthungerhilfe increases relief funds |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/dwhhde/118700537954.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=13 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Direct Relief International,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Direct Relief Supports South Asia Partners Dealing With Heavyer Flooding
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219816/118678651898.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
World Concern,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh Disaster|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/worldconce/118678327069.htm |work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]|date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Islamic Relief,<ref>{{cite news
|title=IR response to Bangladesh Floods
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218894/118676166354.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Church World Service,<ref>{{cite news
|title=CWS appeal: India floods (Assam, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal)
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/284081/118675593544.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
International Save the Children Alliance,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Save the Children Assists Children and Families Imperiled by South Asian Floods
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/SaveChAlli/dcf4d140ba8ddf7ab7e8ef10637ee9fb.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Lutheran World Relief,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Lutheran World Relief Responding To Floods In India
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220361/ec89003e7f4cc0a37d9ecc4083c871bd.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=9 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Medical Teams International,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Medical Teams International Responds to South Asia Floods
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/nmtiusa/118659015583.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Care International,<ref>{{cite news
|title=CARE launches £2.5 million appeal for South Asia floods
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217440/118658579227.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Catholic Relief Services,<ref>{{cite news
|title=CRS Commits $5 Million to South Asia Monsoon Efforts
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217466/118657210198.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070824074809/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217466/118657210198.htm| archive-date= 24 August 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref>
British Red Cross Society,<ref>{{cite news
|title=News - Red Cross works in flood-stricken Asia
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216872/08b9f07143e7c309a3c612ddc8e641be.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
World Vision,<ref>{{cite news
|title=South Asia floods - World Vision warns worse may yet be to come
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217167/118655692986.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Diakonie Emergency Aid,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe stellt weitere 250.000 Euro bereit
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/diakonie/118655107823.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=8 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070912073206/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/diakonie/118655107823.htm| archive-date= 12 September 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref>
David McAntony Gibson Foundation,<ref>{{cite news
|title=GlobalMedic responds to Bangladesh Floods
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/dmgfcan/118651007272.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=7 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Caritas Internationalis,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Caritas Responds to Monsoon Devastation in South Asia
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/carintern/386c8f97586f2b20b402e79c0af6f23c.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=7 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Action by Churches Together (ACT),<ref>{{cite news
|title=ACT Rapid Response Payment for Floods in West Bengal, India
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/222031/118647618914.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=7 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA),<ref>{{cite news
|title=Flood Survivors in Southeast Asia Receive Desperately Needed Aid from ADRA
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219487/118643832073.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=6 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hungry South Asia flood victims fight over food |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL92879.htm |work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]|date=6 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Baptist World Aid (BWAid),<ref>{{cite news
|title=Asia Flood Appeal - August 2007
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216858/118640832342.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=6 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
Mercy Corps,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Mercy Corps Responds To South Asia Flooding
|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/289513/118617931281.htm
|work=[[Reuters|AlertNet]] |publisher=[[Reuters|Reuters Foundation]]
|date=3 August 2007 |accessdate=15 August 2007}}</ref>
and many others.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm Dartmouth Flood Observatory 2007 Global Register of Major Flood Events] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171905/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/2007sum.htm |date=22 September 2019 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070919195054/http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=71819 British Red Cross-Asia Floods Appeal] Give to the Asia Floods Appeal

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2007 South Asian floods - Revision history

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