Aziz Ahmed, a local schoolteacher in Buner, northwestern Pakistan said the thunder accompanying recent torrential rains was so loud he thought the "end of the world had come". Water, rocks and trees were swept down the mountainside after two days of intense monsoon rains,

Pakistan's weather authorities on 17 August 2025, warned the people of the nation of heavier torrential rains, as the death toll from the flash floods. Nearly 650 people have died due to these rains since their beginning in June 2025.

Pakistan has received higher-than-normal monsoon rainfall this year, triggering floods and mudslides that have killed more than 540 people since June 26.