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
The timeline
The same case studies as the map, on a time axis instead of a place one. Geography is normally read by where something happened, so this is the second view rather than the first: it is here for when the question is when.
35 case studies, 2010 to 2026. 21 carry no date and sit outside the run of it
When the case studies are
2024
Clear the year- 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
- VerifiedMayotte14 December 2024
Cyclone Chido, Mayotte, 2024
The strongest cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years flattened informal settlements across France's poorest territory.
- Tropical storm
- Tropical storm, LIC
- Informal settlement