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)

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