[4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers[5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.

The minister of climate change of Pakistan, Sherry Rehman, said that the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan had received more rainfall than the August average, with 784% and 500% more, respectively.

[12][11] In addition, southern Pakistan experienced back-to-back heat waves in May and June, which were record-setting and themselves made more likely by climate change.

[7] On 29 August, Sherry Rehman, the minister of climate change, claimed that "one-third" of the country was underwater, and there was "no dry land to pump the water out", adding that it was a "crisis of unimaginable proportions".

[23][24] A BBC report estimated that around 10–12% of Pakistan was flooded;[25] the total area of standing floodwaters peaked between July and August at approximately 32,800 square miles (84,952 km2).

[3] 1,164,270 livestock have been killed, most of them in the province of Balochistan,[3] while destruction to 13,115 kilometres (8,149 mi) of roads and 439 bridges[3] has impeded access across flood-affected areas.

[29] The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) also concurred with the damage and the economic loss assessed by the government of Pakistan.

[30] However, another assessment done by the World Bank and the Pakistan Climate Change Council claimed that the damage of the flooding stood at US$40 billion.

[4] Aid workers warned that lack of clean drinking water caused an increase in waterborne diseases, namely diarrhea, cholera, dengue, and malaria.

[33] 10 million people have been displaced in Sindh and 57,496 houses were severely damaged or completely destroyed, mostly in the Hyderabad Division, and 830 cattle were killed.

[34] The Larkana and Sukkur divisions were severely affected by the floods; Thari Mirwah and Khairpur Nathan Shah were "inundated".

[39] In Jacobabad, which has been called the world's hottest city, more than 40,000 people are living in temporary shelters with limited access to food, with 19 dead from the flooding as of 31 August.

[47][48][49] Many organisations took part in relief, including Balochistan Youth Action Committee & Apna Dastarkhwan (Zariya Social Welfare Foundation)[50] 309 people died[3] and 600,000 others were displaced by floods.

In the historical town of Mangadotha, west of Taunsa Sharif, hundreds of houses and livestock were swept away by flood waters.

[67] Army officers, federal cabinet members, and senators will donate their one-month salary for the flood relief fund.

[71][72] The chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and former prime minister, Imran Khan, held a 3-hour-long telethon to raise funds for flood victims and received ₨.

[82] In Sukkur, police booked 100 flood-affected persons under terrorism charges for protesting against the lack of food and relief when Shehbaz Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto visited to assess flood damage on 26 August.

[83] Mehraz provided free low-cost housing designs made of bamboo for affected communities, focusing on environmentally friendly and resilient construction techniques and flood management.

"[165] On 1 August 2022, a Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter on flood relief operations in the Lasbela area of Balochistan lost contact with air traffic control.

[166][167][168][169] The six military personnel on board, including the commander of the XII Corps, Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali, died in the crash.