VerifiedSpain29 October 2024
The Valencia floods, Spain, 2024
A stalled cut-off low dropped a year's rain in hours inland of Valencia, and the floods killed 229 people in the region.
- River flood event
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VerifiedUnited States26 September 2024
Hurricane Helene, USA, 2024
A Category 4 Florida landfall became an inland flood disaster in the Appalachians, killing at least 250 people.
- Tropical storm, HIC
- Tropical storm
- River flood event
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The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan
A magnitude 9.1 megathrust earthquake off Japan set off a tsunami that killed over 18,000 people and caused a nuclear accident.
- Named earthquake
- Tectonic hazard, HIC
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Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines, 2013
One of the strongest recorded typhoons drove a storm surge through Tacloban, Philippines, killing about 6,300 people.
- Tropical storm, LIC
- Tropical storm
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