Flood Forecasting and Warning System for the Indus River Basin Pakistan: Flood Warning Dissemination and Disaster Preparedness.

Report prepared for the Government of Pakistan

Technical report

Part I: Authorisation and Scope of Consultancy -- Previous Reports and Studies -- Historical Background -- Part II: Flood Warning Dissemination -- Introduction -- Flood Forecasts -- Flood Warning: (a)Hill Torrents (Flash Floods), (b)Riverine Floods, (c)Floods Due to Failure of Protection Works -- Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, Pakistan, Metoerological Department: (a)Organisation, (b)Operation -- Provincial Flood Warning Centres: (a)Punjab FWC, (b)Sind FWC, (c)Other Provinces -- Dissemination procedures -- Dissemination communications -- Dissemination-Public Education/Awareness -- Part III: Disaster Preparedness: Control and Co-ordination -- Rescue Organization: (a)Civil Defence Rescue, (b)Flood Rescue -- Evacuation/Welfare/Relief Arrangements -- Medical and Health Arrangements -- Comments, Conclusions and Recommendations