Water Management Institute Helps Pakistan Assess Flood Damages.

LAHORE -- The International Water ManageAment Institute (IWMI) is helping the Pakistan government carry out flood damages assessment and aiding the recovery efforts, in the wake of exAtreme flooding across the country, says a press release issued here on Monday. Dr Mohsin Hafeez, PakiAstan's Country Representative for the IWMI, said, 'All four of Pakistan's provinces have been severely hit by the riverine floods and excessive rainfall in hill torrents, with some ruAral regions unreachable by road. We are working closely with the federal, provincial and local governments to help assess the flood damage using remote sensing and satellite imagAery to support prioritization of huAmanitarian responses.'

'The IWMI is drawing on its experiAence of other flood events in India and Sri Lanka, where we have deAveloped effective early warning sysAtems, to help guide the government in putting together an evidence-based framework to support the recovery and relief effort,' added Dr Hafeez.

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