Pakistan: Monsoon Floods 2025 Flash Update #5 (As of 02 September 2025)

This report is produced by OCHA Pakistan, covering the period from 26 June 2025 to 02 September 2025.

Highlights

• Punjab is experiencing its worst monsoon flooding in nearly four decades. Torrential rains, coupled with unprecedented water releases from upstream, have triggered exceptionally high floods in the Sutlej, Chenab, and Ravi rivers – marking the first time all three major rivers have reached such levels simultaneously. More than 2,000 villages have been inundated, affecting over 2 million people across the province.
• The provincial authorities in Punjab have identified most urgent immediate needs including mosquito nets to reduce the risk of vector-borne diseases, hygiene and dignity kits to support basic sanitation and personal care, medical assistance to address water-borne diseases, and safe drinking water purification / filtration plants to prevent outbreaks. The priority needs that could persist due to prolonged evacuation/ displacement, include,
• WASH, health, protection, shelter and livelihoods.
• A well-marked monsoon systems expected to bring widespread heavy rainfall, with torrential downpours from 1–3 September. The rains are forecast to impact the upper catchments of the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers, as well as urban centres in Lahore, Gujranwala, and Gujrat Divisions. Resulting inflows may cause very high to exceptionally high river levels causing a heightened risk of flooding to downstream districts in southern Punjab and Sindh.
• As of the latest official reports, monsoon-related incidents across Pakistan have resulted in 881 deaths and 1,176 injuries. Currently the most affected province is Punjab, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), which recorded 488 deaths and 359 injuries. In Sindh, 58 people have died and 78 were injured, while Balochistan reported 26 deaths and 5 injuries. Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has recorded 41 deaths and 52 injuries, and Pakistan Administered Kashmir has reported 37 deaths and 31 injuries.

SITUATIONAL UPDATE

• As of 1 September, 216 people have been killed and 625 injured in Punjab since the onset of the monsoon on 26 June, with women and children accounting for nearly half of all casualties. In the last week of August alone, 33 people lost their lives in high floods along the Chenab, Ravi, and Sutlej rivers. Nationwide, monsoon-related hazards have claimed 863 lives and injured 1,147 people to date.
• Authorities have evacuated more than 909,229 people and 516,000 livestock to safer locations in Punjab, often with support from the Army and provincial emergency services. Over 700 relief camps are sheltering around 12,500 displaced people, complemented by 378 medical camps and 330 veterinary camps. Displaced people have sought refuge on higher ground, in government-run relief camps, or with host families. Humanitarian partners, including UN agencies and partner organizations, are distributing food, safe water and medical assistance to affected families.
• The situation remains highly fluid and evolving very fast, with reservoirs at full capacity and heavy rainfall forecast in early September. Authorities warn of potential new surges along the Chenab and other rivers in the coming days which are going to impact downstream districts in South Punjab. Response teams remain on high alert through mid-September as the monsoon season is expected to continue until the end of the month.
• District authorities have indicated significant destruction of houses and cropland. Livelihoods have been severely impacted with rice, sugarcane, maize, cotton and other crops submerged during peak harvest. Livestock losses are mounting, further undermining rural incomes. Many affected families are small farmers whose houses and fields are now underwater.

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