Thailand and Myanmar, causing heavy casual- and highland snow first, followed by several food events over the following months. Around ties and infrastructure damage. From September to October, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane 35,0o0 hectares of cropland were flooded on May 30, 2024, and several hundred deaths were ida as major hurricanes and went on to producereported in the flooding. Between March and exceptional rainfall and extreme fooding. BothMay 2024, floods caused major loss of life in had grave economic impact, causing damage countries such as Kenya and Tanzania, as well worth tens of billions of dollars. Over 200 as destruction of cropland and loss of livestock. deaths were associated with Helene, making it Lake Victoria reached record high water levels. and later, the resultant downstream flooding trina in 2005. In the southern hemisphere, Trop- badly affected South Sudan. In early May 2024, ical Cyclone Chido crossed Mayotte, a French persistent heavy rainfall resulted in inundation overseas department in the Indian Ocean, inin large parts of the city of Porto Alegre in December 2024, before making landfall in Mo- Brazil and many surrounding areas, with sig- zambique and moving onwards to Malawi. In nificant effects on agriculture and fisheries, as Mozambique, Cyclone Chido displaced around well as over 200 deaths. At the end of October 2024, extreme rainfall hit the Valencia region of 100,000 people and severely damaged roads and communication networks, greatly hamper- Spain. The town of Turis reported 185 mm of ing relief efforts in the area (WMO, 2025a). rain in one hour, a Spanish national record, and 772 mm was recorded in 24 hours. The rainfall Many places were severely flooded. At the led to exceptional flooding, causing over 200 beginning of 2024, Afghanistan and the neigh- deaths and significant property damage (WMO, succession of disasters, with abnormal cold