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Human-Caused Warming Intensified Pakistan’s Monsoon Flooding by Up to 15%

UN loss-and-damage financing remains severely inadequate to meet Pakistan’s mounting reconstruction needs.

Local residents collect useful items through the rubble of their houses, which were damaged by July 22 floods, at the bank of Hunza River in Sarwarabad, a town in the northern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdul Rehman)
FILE - Local residents walk on a damaged road following a cloudburst triggered landslide and flash flood on a highway near the Chilas district, northern Pakistan, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Saqib Manzoor, File)
Businessman Saqib Hassan, left, and his cousin collect useful items in the rubble of their houses, which were damaged by July 22 floods, at the bank of Hunza River in Sarwarabad, a town in the northern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdul Rehman)
Businessman Saqib Hassan gestures toward debris of his family homes, which were damaged by July 22 floods, at the bank of Hunza River in Sarwarabad, a town in the northern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdul Rehman)

Overview

  • World Weather Attribution analysis found June 24–July 23 monsoon rainfall in Pakistan was 10–15% heavier because of human-driven warming.
  • Pakistan’s meteorological department recorded July rainfall 36% above last year’s levels.
  • Government data report at least 300 fatalities and damage to more than 1,600 homes, with collapsing structures causing over half of the deaths.
  • Rapid urban growth has pushed half of Pakistan’s urban population into fragile settlements where floodwaters trigger deadly building collapses.
  • United Nations officials warn current loss-and-damage funds cover only a fraction of needs and call for investments in resilient infrastructure and renewable energy.