Women at the frontline of climate change
Recent flood events in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region
Dushanbe
CHINA
TAJIKISTAN
Kabul
AFGHANISTAN
NEPAL
New Delhi
PAKISTAN
Karachi
BANGLADESH
Dhaka
INDIA
LAOS
MYANMAR
Mumbai
Hindu Kush- Himalaya region
Glaciers Lakes
THAILAND
People involved in flood events (2008-2010)
Killed
1 000
300
10 50
Sources: ICIMOD, Information on the Occasion of World Environment Day, 2007; ICIMOD online database, accessed July 2010; OCHA, 2010; BBC Press review, 2010. Note: data for both killed and affected people may not be available for all the events shown.
Affected (Thousands)
41
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