Floods Around The World 2024 Map. Climate change is exposing millions of people to high risk flood events. Drought in the madeira river, brazil (left), wildfires in brazil (top right) and flooding in the czech republic (bottom.
About 1.47 billion people, or 19% of the world population, are directly exposed to inundation depths of over 0.15 meters. Climate change is exposing millions of people to high risk flood events.