Editing Indus River (section)

===2011 floods===
{{Main|2011 Sindh floods}}
The 2011 [[Sindh]] floods began during the Pakistani monsoon season in mid-August 2011, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in Sindh, eastern Balochistan, and southern Punjab.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14923154 |title=Pakistan floods: Oxfam launches emergency aid response |access-date=15 September 2011 |newspaper=BBC World News South Asia |date=14 September 2011 |archive-date=15 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915182610/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14923154 |url-status=live }}</ref> The floods caused considerable damage; an estimated 434 civilians were killed, with 5.3&nbsp;million people and 1,524,773 homes affected.<ref name="The Express Tribune-2011">{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/251425/floods-worsen-270-killed-officials/ |title=Floods worsen, 270 killed: officials |work=The Express Tribune |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=13 September 2011 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515045633/https://tribune.com.pk/story/251425/floods-worsen-270-killed-officials |url-status=live }}</ref> Sindh is a fertile region and often called the "breadbasket" of the country; the damage and toll of the floods on the local agrarian economy was said to be extensive. At least {{convert|1.7|e6acre|ha sqmi|sigfig=2}} of arable land were inundated. The flooding followed the previous year's floods, which devastated a large part of the country.<ref name="The Express Tribune-2011"/> Unprecedented torrential monsoon rains caused severe flooding in 16 districts of Sindh.<ref>[http://www.pakmet.com.pk/Latest-News/Latest-News.html Government of Pakistan Pakmet.com.pk Retrieved on 19 September 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424194621/http://www.pakmet.com.pk/Latest-News/Latest-News.html |date=24 April 2012 }}</ref>