This appeal has now closed. Donations made to this appeal helped support immediate relief to almost 70,000 individuals in the form of food, emergency shelter, access to safe water, hygiene support, essential items such as bedding and nutrition support. 

You can still make a donation to our Emergency Response Appeal below to help communities that have been affected by disaster and conflict around the world.

Over 33 million people were affected, and over a thousand lost their lives. 

• Out of 160 districts in the country, 116 declared a state of emergency
• 23,900 schools were damaged
• 1460 health facilities closed
• 13,000 kilometres of roads were rendered unusable
• 600,000 people were displaced from their homes.

You can read more about the effects of the floods in our update here. 

Your donations helped support Caritas Australia's partners in aiding flood-affected communities who needed assistance.

Due to climate change a dangerous combination of factors combined to create the perfect storm for deadly flooding in Pakistan: 

1. Some of the highest ever recorded temperatures  
2. A damaging drought which has hardened the soil
3. Highest recorded rainfall in decades 

The combination of parched, hardened soil, followed by an immediate, brutal rainfall meant that the ground is unable to absorb and contain the water. This climate catastrophe led to floods on an unprecedented scale. 

The Pakistani government described the 2022 flood event as the worst in the nation's history. The catastrophic floods were estimated to have caused $30 billion of damage.