India (MNN) — Parts of India are drowning in a record-setting monsoon season. This week, the city of Kolkata in West Bengal suffered its heaviest rainfall in 39 years. In Punjab, farmlands nearly the size of London and New York City combined are underwater.
Flooding in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, September 2025. (Photo courtesy of Mission India)
Raina Miller with Mission India says, “We’re getting reports from our partners in North India all the way down to South India about what’s happening in their regions. They share that in the state of Punjab, there are about 1.46 million people affected.”
For farmers and their communities, “they don’t have a means of earning income if their farmland is gone. They’ve got infrastructure down. There are some areas where you can only get around by boat right now because the flooding has blocked off all the roads. It’s damaged irrigation systems. It’s just impacted just about everything.”
Amidst tragedy, Mission India’s local partners are ready to respond with Christ’s comfort.
Miller says, “Once the flooding subsides and people start to rebuild, we’re able to welcome kids into Bible Clubs, and welcome illiterate adults into Literacy Classes where they can maybe even gain skills to help them build back and find new jobs that’ll land them in a better place than even where they started.
“Our church planters will be around ministering and encouraging people who are devastated as they deal with this loss.”
Flooding in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, September 2025. (Photo courtesy of Mission India)
Additionally, Mission India is assembling Relief Kits to distribute to flood-impacted families.
“For $55, you can provide for one family and give them things like basic groceries, rice, tea, cooking ingredients, toothpaste, soap, and basic essentials that will help them get by when they’ve lost everything.”
Donate to Mission India’s flooding Relief Kits at missionindia.org/flood.
Miller asks, “Pray with us that this becomes an opportunity for people to lean on God and see the truth of the Gospel in the midst of their hopelessness.”
Header photo: Flooding in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, September 2025. (Photo courtesy of Mission India)
