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[12] [13] The Nufenen Pass was temporarily closed on 21 June as a result of a landslide. [14] In Mattertal, the level of the Mattervispa rose so much that the stream flooded streets near the banks in Zermatt and the ground floors of several buildings. The Triftbach, which flows into the Mattervispa in the center of Zermatt, also overflowed its ...
It was the third time in less than 17 months that the region was affected by a major flood. On 19 October 2024, heavy rains and floods in Catania. [83] On 20 October 2024, severe flooding in Licata due to the overflowing of the Salso river, people saved themselves by climbing onto the roofs. [84]
The 2024 Central European floods were a series of floods caused by a record heavy rainfall generated by Storm Boris, an extremely humid Genoa low. The flooding began in Austria and the Czech Republic, then spread to Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and then onwards to Germany and Hungary. As of 28 September 2024, 27 fatalities have been reported.
The day before the storm, the National Weather Service's forecast discussion warned that the ground, already saturated from storms over the weekend, could heighten flood concerns.
1865 flooding of Bucharest: Romania: Unknown: Heavy rain 1872: 1872 Baltic Sea flood: Denmark, Germany, Norway: 271: Storm surge 1878: Flood in Miskolc, 1878: Hungary: 400: Heavy rain 1879: Segura flood: Spain?? 1892: Mont Blanc glacier flood: France: 175: subterranean glacial lake burst 1910: 1910 Great Flood of Paris: France: 0: heavy rain ...
[76] [77] The flooding damaged the Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track where it washed away part of the track that will take until October 2022 to rebuild. [78] Direct damage caused by the flooding in Germany was estimated at €33.4 billion (US$39.3 billion) with further €7.1 billion (US$8.36 billion) in indirect damage. [79]
On 3 June 2024, rescuers recovered the body of a woman in Schrobenhausen, believed to have drowned while trapped in an apartment basement. Two more bodies were discovered in a cellar in Schorndorf. The highest level of flood warning, at level four, was placed on the districts from Regensburg to Straubing. [15]
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