2024 European floods
Significant flooding in Kłodzko, Poland (September 2024) | |
| Date | January 2024 – January 2025 |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Andorra, Portugal, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Spain, France, Moldova, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro |
| Cause | Heavy rainfall |
| Deaths | 337+ |
| Missing | 19 |
| Property damage | €13.8 billion |
Throughout much of 2024 and the start of 2025, numerous European countries were affected by severe floods caused by prolonged heavy rains. Several were catastrophic, causing deaths and widespread damage due to overflowing river basins and landslides. Deaths occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Germany, Romania, Spain, Austria, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Montenegro, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal and Slovakia.