This year, unprecedented flooding affected regions across Central Asia, East and West Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central Europe.
In Kazakhstan, rapid snowmelt caused spring floods, while typhoons like Gaemi and Yagi brought heavy rains to the Philippines. India and Bangladesh faced recurring monsoon floods.
Coastal areas were inundated as storms pushed rising seas ashore, and torrential rains flooded cities. Melting snowpacks caused rivers to overflow.
The floods claimed over 1,000 lives, displaced millions, and caused billions in damage. For many, recovery will take years. People evacuated by any means possible, rescued pets, cleaned homes and mourned the loss of everything they could not replace.
Here are some of the top photos from flooding around the world, showing the impact on communities and the strength they showed in the face of disaster.
A view of city hall's reflection at a flooded area in the downtown of Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA child whose hands are covered in mud plays with a Rubik's cube, following the floods brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in San Mateo town, Rizal province, Philippines, July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA man carries bread as he walks towards a grocery store, on a flooded street in Bamako, Mali September 23, 2024.REUTERS/Aboubacar Traore TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSParishioners carry a figure of the Virgin Mary from the Church of Paiporta to a dry and safe place, in the aftermath of torrential rains that caused flooding, in Paiporta, Spain, November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA drone view shows the flood-affected area following heavy rainfall in Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 17, 2024. REUTERS/David W Cerny TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSTila Kumari Humagain, 70, cries while being pictured as she asks for help standing in front of her collapsed house, which was swept away by the deadly flood following heavy rainfall, in Bhumidanda village of Panauti municipality, in Kavre, Nepal October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSJoao Engelmann, 54-year-old farmer, opens a washing machine full of muddy water after floods at the Integracao Gaucha settlement in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 10, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSChildren eat snacks while sitting on a concrete shelf as they shelter in a madrasa amid severe flooding, in the Fazilpur area of Feni, Bangladesh, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA man sleeps inside a restaurant affected by floods in Biyagama, Sri Lanka June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSPeople who have been evacuated from flooded areas rest in a shelter at a university in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA man throws an object while standing on a section of a bridge destroyed during the aftermath of tropical storm Sara, in La Ceiba, Honduras, November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Esau Ocampo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA man carrying his dogs gets off a boat along a flooded road following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA general view shows a mudslide caused by Hurricane John, in Acapulco, Mexico, September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Javier Verdin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA man with an umbrella walks along a partially destroyed street after floods in Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSEva Defez, 50, and her husband, Enrique Fernandez, hold their mud-covered hands outside their home following floods in Utiel, Spain, October 30, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSMuddied mannequins are stacked inside a retail store as a worker wearing protective clothing walks past in the city's Biltmore Village district two weeks after Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSFirefighters pump out the floodwater out of a tunnel where vehicles are piled up, after heavy rains in Alfafar, in Valencia, Spain, November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA drone view shows flooded houses in Venek, Hungary, September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA flooded street is pictured in Canoas, at the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA drone view shows a damaged bridge following floods caused by Storm Bora, in Faliraki, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, December 2, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA drone view shows a boat resting in a tennis court after it was washed ashore when Hurricane Milton passed through the area, in Punta Gorda, Florida, U.S., October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSJorge, 34-year-old volunteer from Madrid, pauses on the street in the aftermath of floods caused by heavy rains in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSClothes are covered in mud inside a shop, in the aftermath of floods caused by heavy rains, near Valencia, Spain, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA boy immerses himself in flood waters outside a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, in Rosenberg, Texas, U.S., July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSA man checks a damaged vehicle after devastating floods swept through the town after Hurricane Beryl passed off the Venezuelan coast, in Cumanacoa, Venezuela, July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Samir Aponte TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERSRex Liberman moves his refrigerator outside before emptying it as he cleans out his house after it was flooded by Hurricane Helene in Steinhatchee, Florida, U.S., September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "REUTERS FLOODS 2024" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS YEAR-END" FOR ALL 2024 YEAR END GALLERIES.Source: REUTERS
