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Extreme rainfall

Climate change key driver of catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Helene that devastated both coastal and inland communities

A satellite image of Hurricane Helene in the Gullf of Mexico. The hurricane is a massive swirl of white cloud with the grey and brown landmass of Mexico and the US to the left.

Late on September 26th, Hurricane Helene made landfall at category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale on the panhandle of Florida, bringing high winds, extreme rainfall and storm surges to coastal areas.

09 October, 2024 | Extreme rainfall, Storms | North America

Climate change and high exposure increased costs and disruption to lives and livelihoods from flooding associated with exceptionally heavy rainfall in Central Europe

A photo of a flood in the Czech Republic with brown floodwater, a tree and a white car half underwater.

In mid September 2024 a very large region in Central Europe, including Poland, Czechia, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany and Slovakia experienced very heavy rainfall, breaking local and national rainfall records over the period of four days.

25 September, 2024 | Extreme rainfall | Europe

Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region

A satellite image of typhoon Gaemi, pictured as a swirling mass of cloud close to the island of Taiwan

Typhoon Gaemi (known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina) strengthened into a tropical storm on July 20th while tracking northwest towards the Philippines.

29 August, 2024 | Extreme rainfall, Storms | Asia

Landslide triggering rainfall made more intense by human-induced climate change, devastating highly vulnerable communities in northern Kerala

Members of the White Guard Volunteers caerry out a rescue operation in Chooralmala in Wayanad district of Kerala.

Massive landslides killed hundreds of people in northern Kerala, India following an extreme monsoon downpour on July 30.

14 August, 2024 | Extreme rainfall | Asia

Increasing April-May rainfall, El Niño and high vulnerability behind deadly flooding in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran

A man stands on top of a concrete flood bank by a river in Afghanistan.

This April and May, large regions of central Asia were hit by a series of storms resulting in heavy downpours and flash flooding.

13 June, 2024 | Extreme rainfall | Asia

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