As we near the end of 2024, extreme weather has wreaked havoc on multiple geographic areas.
Here in the US, we've most recently had the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which is now exacerbated by an outbreak of dengue fever in both Florida and North Carolina in the hurricanes' aftermath.
In the Philippines and Vietnam, Tropical Storm Trami has killed over 100 people even more recently than those two US hurricanes.
And on October 29, in Valencia, Spain, flash floods have killed at least 70 people (and likely more) after an astonishing 343 millimeters (that's 13.5 inches) of rain inundated the area in a period of just four hours.
The scale of the flooding currently unfolding in Valencia, Spain is unfathomable. This is footage from Chiva, where a jaw-dropping 343 mm of rain was recorded in just 4 hours earlier today, between 4:30 PM and 8:30 PM.
— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) October 29, 2024
Video credit: Nalabcer pic.twitter.com/WdCgUifavQ
