With the increase in economy and population,the vulnerability to all kinds of climatic disasters is increasing in China,and the rise of hydrometeorological extremes is gradually becoming the constraints to the sustainable development of our economy and society.In recent years,more attentions have been paid on the study of spatiotemporal evolution and risk assessment of hydrometeorological extremes.In this paper,the development in the research of the hydrometeorological extremes has been reviewed and analyzed from the aspects of drought,extreme precipitation and the variation of runoff.