J.Z. acknowledges the Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund (Young Investigator Group COMPOUNDX, Grant Agreement VH-NG-1537) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003469 (XAIDA). Y.C. acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42375041) and China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Youth Innovation Team (CMA2024QN06). C.J.W. was supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe through the ‘Multi-hazard and risk informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management (MEDiate)’ project under grant agreement No 101074075. C.J.W. wishes to thank E. Wallace and H. Roberts, both from UK Met Office, for their constructive discussions relating to the 2024 UK storm sequences. C.D.W.R. is supported by funding from the Australian Climate Service. C.D.W.R. thanks R. Warren, D. Udy and B. Hague from the Bureau of Meteorology for their feedback. R.L. acknowledges the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Cnpq – grants 311487/2021-1 and 443285/2023-2) and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ grant E-26/200.329/2023).