Kenya's first-ever cyclone, a typhoon in Asia and flooding on unprecedented levels in Spain and South America – 2024 was a year of disasters.
Kenya's first-ever cyclone, typhoons in Asia and flooding on unprecedented levels in Spain and South America – 2024 was a year of disasters.
Hundreds of thousands evacuated India in light of a major cyclone and flooding forced thousands to flee their homes in Sudan and Russia during the year. Shanghai even saw its worst storm since 1949. In May, UN OCHA indicated that more than 48.1 million people, mainly in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, were projected to face acute food insecurity., or Severe Tropical Storm Enteng, left widespread devastation in Southeast Asia and South China over roughly two weeks in September.
This aerial picture shows the collapsed Phong Chau bridge over the Red River in Phu Tho province on September 9, 2024, after Super Typhoon Yagi hit northern Vietnam. Picture: AFP Residents gather in the street next to a pile of cars on 31 October 2024 after flash floods affected the town of Massanassa, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain. Picture: JOSE JORDAN / AFPTwo weeks later, a new weather alert was issues for extreme rain and flooding in the Costa del Sol region in mid-November.
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