In 2024, after several years of extreme drought in Kenya, the country experienced heavy rains due to the El Niño phenomenon, resulting in extreme floods.

In September 2024, heavy and persistent rainfall caused severe flooding across Poland, impacting over 50,000 people and displacing thousands from their homes.

In recent years due to the crises in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine, tens of thousands of migrants are reaching the US to find shelter, resettling and forming a new life in shelters and other locations.