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====Floods, avalanches, and mudslides==== ''Note: This section reports only floods with 200 or more deaths and avalanches and landslides involving 30 or more deaths.'' {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable" |- ! style="width:120px;"| Event ! style="width:120px;"| Date ! Country ! Description |- | [[2020 Neelum Valley avalanche]] | January 2020 | | {{flag|Pakistan}} |At least 74 people were killed and several others injured in the [[Neelum Valley]] in [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]], after a series of [[avalanche]]s triggered by heavy [[snowfall]] destroyed and buried 84 homes and 17 shops, while dozens of other buildings were damaged. |- | [[2020 Van avalanches]] | 4–5 February 2020 | {{flag|Turkey}} | Two avalanches in [[Turkey]]'s eastern [[Van Province]] resulted in 41 deaths and 84 injuries. |- |[[2020 East Africa floods]] |March – May 2020 |{{flag|Kenya}}<br />{{flag|Rwanda}}<br />{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}<br />{{flag|Ethiopia}}<br />{{flag|Somalia}}<br />{{flag|Uganda}}<br />{{flag|Djibouti}}<br />{{flag|Burundi}}<br />{{flag|Tanzania}} |Severe flooding in 9 [[Africa]]n countries caused more than 450 deaths and affected more than 700,000 people, mainly in [[Kenya]] and [[Rwanda]]. |- |[[2020 Nepal floods]] |June – September 2020 | {{flag|Nepal}} |The rainy season and associated flooding, which has killed more than 400 people, has been described by some in [[Nepal]] as the deadliest in recent memory. |- | [[2021 European floods]] | 12–25 July 2021 | {{flag|European Union}} | Heavy flooding, particularly in river basins of western and central Europe, killed some 243 people and left €10 billion in damage. |- | [[2021 Henan floods]] | 17–31 July 2021 | {{flag|China}} |Following the highest-ever recorded rainfall in [[Zhengzhou]], [[Henan]] Province in [[China]], between 300 and 400 deaths along with over 800,000 people having to evacuate. |- | [[2021 Maharashtra floods]] | 22 July 2021 – August 2021 | {{flag|India}} |Over 250 deaths were reported in the Indian [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]] after heavy rainfall in the area. |- |[[2022 Petrópolis floods]] |15 February 2022 | {{flag|Brazil}} |Intense rainfall led to mudslides and flooding on 15 February, that destroyed parts of the city of [[Petrópolis]] in the [[Brazil]]ian [[Federative units of Brazil|state]] of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] and killed more than 230 people. |- |[[2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods]] |8–21 April 2022 | {{flag|South Africa}} |Flooding in the [[Provinces of South Africa|province]] of [[KwaZulu-Natal|KwaZuku-Natal]] in [[South Africa]] leads to over 400 deaths. |- |[[2022 Afghanistan floods]] |5 May 2022 – August 2022 | {{flag|Afghanistan}} |Several [[Provinces of Afghanistan|provinces]] of [[Afghanistan]] were affected by severe flooding beginning in May, which claimed more than 600 lives. |- |[[2022 India–Bangladesh floods|2022 India-Bangladesh floods]] |23 May 2022 – present | {{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Bangladesh}} |Deadly floods have been hitting [[Northeast India|northeastern India]] and [[Bangladesh]] since May 2022, killing more than 250 people and affecting 9 million people in both countries. |- |[[2022 Pakistan floods]] |14 June 2022 – October 2022 | {{flag|Pakistan}} |Floods in [[Pakistan]] have killed more than 1,000 people since June. |- |[[2022 Nigeria floods]] |May – October 2022 | {{flag|Nigeria}} |With more than 600 dead, the 2022 floods were the worst in the [[Nigeria|country]] since the [[2012 Nigeria floods|floods in 2012]]. |- |[[2023 Africa floods]] |March 2023 – present |{{flag|Angola}}<br />{{flag|Cameroon}}<br />{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}<br />{{flag|Ethiopia}}<br />{{flag|Kenya}}<br />{{flag|Madagascar}}<br />{{flag|Rwanda}}<br />{{flag|Sierra Leone}}<br />{{flag|Somalia}}<br />{{flag|South Africa}}<br />{{flag|Tanzania}}<br />{{flag|Uganda}} |Since March, more than 776 people have died in severe [[flood]]s in several [[Africa]]n countries. The worst hit were the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], with over 440 dead + over 2,500 missing, and [[Rwanda]], with at least 135 dead. |- |[[2024 Spanish floods]] |29 October – 3 November 2024 | {{flag|Spain}} |A [[cold drop]] causes torrential rains in eastern [[Spain]], causing flooding in the [[Valencian Community]], [[Castilla-La Mancha]], and [[Andalusia]]. Over a year of [[precipitation]] amounts was dropped over Spain, causing 219 deaths with 93 people still missing and widespread substantial damage to buildings and streets. |} {| | style="vertical-align:top" | | [[File:Henan floods 2021-07-20 CNS.webm|thumb|right|200px|[[China News Service|CNS]] video report of the floods depicting Henan Province, China]] | | style="vertical-align:top" | [[File:2024-11-02 Voluntaris per netejar camí de Sedaví 05.jpg|thumb|Aftermath of the [[2024 Spanish floods|Spanish floods]] at [[Sedaví]], [[Horta Sud]] in October 2024.]] |}
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