What I'm getting at is the floods this time have been characterised as
"the worst in recent memory", which is just how they were characterised when they happened in 2010 as well.
That time they killed even more people.
More or less the
same thing happened in 1992 as well.
The pattern seems to be that what used to be once in a generation, or once in a century events are now happending at increaingly frequent intervals.
So, whether it is wildfires, droughts, floods or hurricanes, the frequency and intensity of these extreme weather events seem to be increasing.
This is exactly what most climate change warnings have been about: an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events as the overall energy levels of a warming climate increase.