Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) Report Pakistan Floods 2012

The heavy late monsoon rain spell that began in Pakistan on 7 September 2012 caused massive flooding and inundation of land, including some areas that have been subject to flooding for three years in a row. The 2012 floods have lead to more than 400 deaths, widespread damage and loss of homes and livelihoods, destruction of standing crops, and damage to infrastructure across southern Punjab, northern Sindh, and north-eastern Balochistan.
The MIRA (Multi-sector Initial Rapid Assessment) has been developed in collaboration between the Government of Pakistan (GoP) National Disaster Management Authority/Provincial Disaster Management Authority (NDMA/PDMA) and the humanitarian community, with the intention of sharing a common methodology and assessment tools for coherent needs data collection in an emergency. The development, methodology and process associated with the MIRA tool had been undertaken over the 6-month consultation endorsed by the NDMA and PDMAs. Preparations were underway with a pilot of the MIRA about to begin when the floods occurred. The GoP decided that the MIRA could be tested in five of the most severely affected districts: Rajanpur (Punjab), Kashmore and Jacobabad (Sindh) and Jafferabad and Naseerabad (Balochistan). The Assessment Working Group (AWG), co-chaired by NDMA and UNOCHA, coordinated the process.