Pakistan Flood Situation Update - 11 September 2025
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Since 26 June, heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have caused 932 deaths, 1,060injuries, and damaged or destroyed over 8,238 houses.
- 15 August: a catastrophic cloudburst struck Buner district in KP, bringing over 150 mm of rainfall within just one hour. The resulting flash floods caused widespread destruction and loss of lives. In response to the heavy rainfall and flooding, the provincial government declared a state of emergency across nine districts of KP.
- 19 August: heavy rainfall triggered urban flooding in Karachi and nearby districts prompting authorities to declare a rain emergency.
- 22 August: a Glacier Lake Outburst Flood in Gilgit Baltistan’s Ghizer district caused severe flooding.
- Since 25 August, multiple spell of heavy monsoon rain, sudden cloudburst and dam water releases from India triggered record flooding affecting several districts of Punjab.
- 6 September: Sutlej, Chenab, and Ravi rivers reached record high levels, marking Punjab’s worst flooding in decades sub-merging over 3,900 villages, and damaging large tracts of farmlands.
- 7 September: with Punjab’s floodwaters moving south, authorities in Sindh evacuated more than 100,000 residents from Katcha and low-lying Indus River areas.