In the autumn of 2025, Southeast and South Asia experienced massive floods
Southeast Asia is experiencing massive flooding, with dozens dead and millions evacuated. Since late November 2025, countries in Southeast Asia have been experiencing a major crisis due to torrential rains, a tropical storm, and subsequent floods and landslides. Areas of Indonesia (especially the island of Sumatra), southern Thailand, and northern Malaysia are affected. The death toll in Central Vietnam, caused by floods, flash floods, and landslides following prolonged rainfall, has risen to 55 by November 22, 2025.
Over the past three years, floods have claimed victims in Central and South Asia
On May 11, the UN office announced the death of 300 people due to floods in Afghanistan. The death toll as a result of floods in Afghanistan has exceeded 300 people, more than 1,000 houses have been destroyed, the UN World Food Program (WFP) Office X in the emirate reported on social media. At the end of June 2022, 400 people were killed in Afghanistan due to floods in Kabul, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika and other Afghan provinces. A day earlier, Khost and Paktika were hit by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people. The AP reports that such extreme weather may be linked to climate change. Thus, in April 2024, Baluchistan (a Pakistani province) received 353% more rain than usual. Pakistani officials are calling this the wettest April in 30 years.
Pakistan-India relations are united by air pollution
Delhi and Lahore have been named the most polluted cities in the world. Pakistani Lahore was once called the “city of gardens,” but now most of the trees in this city have been cut down, and in recent decades alone it has lost about 75% of its green spaces. Today, the population of Lahore is more than 13 million people, and the city itself has become one of the most polluted in the world. Scientists note that it will soon become unsuitable for life.