A recap of atastrophic events of 2024, including the Afghanistan-Pakistan floods and Typhoon Yagi, emphasising the severe consequences of climate change worldwide.

Year in review: From floods in Afghanistan to Typhoon Yagi, the deadliest natural disasters in 2024

Flash floods kill at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, damage around 2,000 houses

Videos show devastating flash floods in Afghanistan; death toll rises to 50

Death toll after catastrophic flash floods in Afghanistan rises to more than 300: UN agency

At least 44 people have been killed, 42 among them being children, whereas dozens of others are feared to be missing after heavy floods in Afghanistan. Flash floods hit the capital Kabul, the Maidan Wardak and Ghazni provinces. The flooding brought further misery to the already suffering Afghanistan. In April, the united nation’s humanitarian affairs agency said the South Asian country was facing its third consecutive year of drought, its second year of severe economic hardship and the consequences of decades of war and natural disasters.