Record Rainfall Events 2023-24

This is not an exhaustive list, but is intended to give some perspective on how widespread and frequent such events have been since the beginning of 2023
 

February 2023

California storms ease after record rainfall leaves threat of landslides

March 2023

SoCal sees record rainfall as storm brings flooding, evacuations and power outages in NorCal

July 2023

Beijing records 29 inches of rain from Saturday to Wednesday, its most in at least 140 years

Vermont governor calls floods 'historic and catastrophic'

Japan floods: three die as island hit by 'heaviest' rainfall

Nova Scotia: Four missing after extreme rainfall hits Canada  

August 2023

Slovenia suffers its worst-ever floods   

California cleans up after record rainfall from tropical Storm Hilary

Train derails and roads flood as Sweden, Norway hit by torrential rain 

September 2023

Madrid's metro system is flooded as city is hit by worst rainfall since 1972

Hong Kong and southern China battle widespread flooding from record rains 

Rain record in Greece was broken - 754 millimetres in Zagora Pelion!  

Death toll from fierce storms, flooding in Greece, Türkiye, Bulgaria rises to 14

October 2023

Yemen - Thousands displaced by floods after Cyclone Tej dumps 400mm of rain

November 2023

Dominican Republic: At least 21 dead after storm brings torrential rain

Record-breaking rainfall, nearly a foot of snow recorded in California storm

State of emergency declared in parts of France after record rainfall 

February 2024

Three killed as record rainfall drenches California

Record rains drench parts of far north-west NSW and south-west Queensland in wake of ex-TC Kirrily

March 2024

Stormy weather hits the UAE with some flights to Dubai cancelled

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