Flash floods cause widespread damage in Indonesia’s Guci hot spring tourist area
Heavy rains triggered severe flash floods in the Guci hot spring area in Central Java’s Tegal Regency on Sunday, December 21, 2025, causing widespread damage.

Heavy rains triggered severe flash floods in the Guci hot spring area in Central Java’s Tegal Regency on Sunday, December 21, 2025, causing widespread damage.

One person was killed and several were rescued after torrential rain from an atmospheric river caused severe flooding in Redding, northern California, on December 21–22, 2025. Rainfall totals above 100 mm (4 inches) overwhelmed storm drains, flooded roads.

Severe flash floods struck the Atlantic coastal city of Safi, western Morocco, on Sunday, December 14, 2025, killing at least 21 people and injuring 32 others after an hour of intense rainfall inundated urban areas. Homes, shops, and roads were flooded, and multiple vehicles were swept away.

A low-pressure system moving through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States brought nearly 76 mm (3 inches) of rainfall to the New York region on October 30, 2025, causing flash floods that left two people dead after becoming trapped in flooded basements.

Heavy rain since late September triggered destructive floods and landslides across Honduras, killing at least 16 people and affecting over 34 000, as October 22, 2025. National and local authorities declared states of emergency in the departments of Francisco Morazán, La Paz, Intibucá and Lempira, as well as in the capital district of Tegucigalpa.

Heavy rainfall during Nigeria’s 2025 summer rainy season has affected 27 of the country’s 36 states, causing severe floods and river overflows that left at least 238 people dead and 826 injured. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), more than 135 000 people have been displaced and about 400 000 in total affected. The worst-hit states are Lagos, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Taraba and Rivers, where over 47 000 houses and 60 000 ha (148 000 acres) of farmland have been destroyed or damaged.

Flooding in southern Chad has killed 22 people and affected approximately 123 000 across 549 villages in Mandoul and Moyen-Chari provinces, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) on October 8, 2025. The floods destroyed more than 9 800 houses, injured 19 people, and displaced around 720 residents as heavy rains continued across the region.

Hours of heavy rainfall associated with the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) caused flash floods in Maasim, Sarangani Province, southern Mindanao, on October 6, 2025. At least one person was electrocuted and four others were injured as floodwaters forced the closure of sections of the national highway.

A major flood hit the Elenite holiday village on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast at around 11:40 LT on October 3, 2025, after 200–250 mm (7.9–9.8 inches) of rain fell in a short period. Environment Minister Manol Genov described the rainfall as among the most intense recorded in the region in recent years. At least three people died, and six women, including three Polish tourists, were rescued.

A severe rainstorm dropped almost two months’ worth of rain in just seven hours over Odesa, Ukraine, triggering deadly flash floods across the city on September 30, 2025, causing at least nine fatalities.