Example of a 5-day forecast of river discharge and flood events. In early June 2024, a significant flood affected Southern Germany. While the top row shows the floods obtained from the GloFAS reanalysis, the bottom row shows the river discharge forecast by our approach. The severity of floods is categorized by the statistical flood return period, i.e., occurring every 10 years. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2505.22535 Extreme weather events suc