Pakistan Monsoon Floods 2025 - DREF Final Report (MDRPK028)
Country: Pakistan
Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Description of the Event
Date of event
16-08-2025
What happened, where and when?
Heavy monsoon rains were triggered in June 2025 with severe flash flooding across Pakistan, initially affecting Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The situation escalated rapidly in August as intense cloudbursts, flash floods, riverine overflows, landslides, and Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) struck northern Pakistan.1
The most severe impacts were recorded on 14–15 August 2025, when extreme cloudbursts—reaching up to 150 mm per hour in Buner— caused catastrophic flooding and landslides. KP emerged as the epicenter, with districts such as Buner, Swat, Shangla, Mansehra, Swabi, Bajaur, and Battagram experiencing major loss of life and infrastructure collapse.2 Entire villages including Golkada (Swat), Shahi Dand and Kuz Palaw (Shangla), and areas in Bajaur, Swabi, and Mansehra reported destruction of homes, roads, bridges, water systems, and livelihoods.
In response to the evolving humanitarian situation, an IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) operation was approved on 23 August 2025 to support immediate emergency response and relief activities, with an operational timeframe until 28 February 2026. As the scale and severity of the floods expanded across multiple provinces, including Punjab where riverine flooding along the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers caused widespread inundation of settlements and agricultural land, the response was further scaled up through an Emergency Appeal (EA) approved on 30 August 2025. The Emergency Appeal, which will conclude on 31 December 2026, encompasses the DREF operation and supports longer-term recovery and resilience interventions.
As the monsoon system persisted into late August, impacts expanded into Punjab, where riverine flooding along the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers caused widespread inundation of settlements and agricultural land.3 Floodwaters gradually receded by late 2025, however secondary impacts—including waterlogging, infrastructure damage, and disrupted essential services—continued to delay recovery in many areas. ...