A Year of Climate Extremes, in Photos

Flooding in Homa Bay County, Kenya, in May. Heavy rainfall gave rise to floods that killed hundreds of people. Climate change doubled the odds of heavy rainfall, an analysis showed. Caleb Mbuvi / Greenpeace

Flooding in São Leopoldo, Brazil, in May. Severe rainfall led to intense floods that displaced some 650,000 people. An analysis found that warming more than doubled the likelihood of such rainfall. Tuane Fernandes / Greenpeace

Damage left by Typhoon Gaemi in San Mateo, Philippines, in July. The storm killed dozens of people and left hundreds of cities without power. The hurricane was fueled by ocean heat that would have been

The Park Fire burning in California in July. The fire burned through more than 400,000 acres, making it the fourth largest in state history. With climate change, California wildfires have grown five times larger in area over the last half-century, one study found. David McNew / Greenpeace

A wildfire in the Brazilian Amazon this summer. Under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil has tamped down on forest clearing, but wildfires have continued to spread amid a drought linked to climate change. In July, more than 11,000 fires burned in the region, the highest number in nearly two decades. Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace

Damage left by Hurricane Helene in Biltmore Village, North Carolina, in October. The hurricane killed more than 200 people and left nearly 2 million without power. Climate change made the rainfall 10 percent heavier, an analysis found. Justin Cook / Greenpeace

The aftermath of floods in Valencia, Spain, in October. Floods killed more than 200 people across the region. An analysis determined that climate change doubled the odds of such heavy rainfall. Gabriel Gallo / Greenpeace