2024 European floods

2024/25 European floods
Significant flooding in Kłodzko, Poland (September 2024)
DateJanuary 2024 – January 2025
LocationUnited 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
CauseHeavy rainfall
Deaths337+
Missing19
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.