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{{Short description|Flood in Indian sub-continent}}
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In August and September 2025, widespread flooding affected parts of eastern Pakistan and northern India. The floods were caused by particularly heavy monsoon rains in mountainous areas of the Indian state of [[Himachal Pradesh]], and the Indian-administered union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. The resulting flash floods forced Indian authorities to open dams on several rivers flowing into both Indian and [[Punjab, Pakistan|Pakistani Punjab]], leading to widespread flooding in downstream areas. Over 1400 villages in Pakistan's Punjab province have been flooded, while 1400 villages in the Indian state of Punjab were also affected,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Aina J. |date=2025-08-30 |title='The water left nothing': Pakistan's Punjab province reels from deadly floods |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/aug/30/pakistan-punjab-province-deadly-floods-disease |access-date=2025-09-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-09-03 |title=Punjab: Floods ravage Indian state killing 30 and submerging 1,400 villages |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg4g95y7pjo |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> displacing over 1.2 million people in Pakistan and 300,000 in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=Punjab floods kill 17 as Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej rivers remain dangerously high |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2563685/punjab-floods-devastate-over-1400-villages-displace-12m-people |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Regions affected ==
Heavy rains had been falling in Indian-administered Kashmir throughout August, with a [[2025 Kishtwar district flash flood|massive cloudburst in Kishtwar]] on 14 August, killing 68 people. In late August, more rivers in Jammu and Kashmir began to rise. Two days later, a cloudburst hit [[Kathua]], leaving 7 dead and several injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/heavy-overnight-rains-cloudburst-cut-off-remote-village-in-jks-kathua-death/article69943070.ece|title=Kathua cloudbursts, landslip: At least seven dead, five injured|work=The Hindu|date=17 August 2025|access-date=17 November 2025}}</ref> On 25 August, the Indian government notified Pakistan of water releases along dams on the [[Tawi River|Tawi river]], which flows through [[Jammu]] into [[Sialkot District|Sialkot district]] of Punjab, Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=First contact since May: India sounds flood alarm for Pakistan on Tawi River - BusinessToday |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/first-contact-since-may-india-sounds-flood-alarm-for-pakistan-on-tawi-river-490918-2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref>

Pakistan then evacuated at least 125,000 people from northeastern regions of the province.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan evacuates thousands as India releases water from swollen rivers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/26/pakistan-evacuates-thousands-as-india-releases-water-from-swollen-rivers |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> In Kasur, 75,000 people were evacuated while in Bahawalnagar along the Sutlej, 35,000 people were evacuated. [[Jammu|Jammu city]] was then affected by flooding, which displaced at least 3500 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-27 |title=Jammu floods: Train services hit as city witnesses heaviest rainfall in decades, over 3,500 evacuated |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jammu-floods-train-services-hit-as-city-witnesses-heaviest-rainfall-in-decades-over-3500-evacuated/3958585/ |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}</ref> The [[Sutlej]] and [[Beas]] rose rapidly by August 27, causing Indian Punjab and [[Jammu Division]] to declare schools closed. 13 districts were initially affected, all the border districts as well as districts along the Beas and Sutlej.<ref>{{Cite web |author=India Today Education Desk|date=2025-08-26 |title=Punjab and Jammu schools closed due to heavy rains, floods and weather warnings |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/punjab-and-jammu-schools-closed-due-to-heavy-rains-floods-and-weather-warnings-2777177-2025-08-26 |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Special Health Campaign ==
The Punjab state government (India) launched a clean-up and fogging drive in flood-hit livestock shelters to protect around 253,000 animals across 713 villages from water-borne and vector-borne diseases. Measures included the distribution of disinfectants such as potassium permanganate, mass vaccination campaigns against hemorrhagic septicaemia, and emergency veterinary care.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Punjab launches clean-up, fogging drive in flood-hit livestock shelters
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-launches-clean-up-fogging-drive-in-flood-hit-livestock-shelters/articleshow/123886798.cms
|website=The Times of India
|date=15 September 2025
|access-date=15 September 2025
}}</ref>

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