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The flooding caused significant disruptions to the 2024 European Parliament elections, particularly in the province of Styria. The heavy rainfall rendered several polling stations in Deutschfeistritz , Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District , and Graz inaccessible or destroyed, necessitating rapid responses from local authorities to ensure that voters ...
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.
Floods started in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland on 14 July 2021 after record rainfall across western Europe caused multiple rivers to burst their banks. [15] The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) issued alerts of life-threatening floods in advance, which, although very vague, were delivered to national authorities. [16]
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 ...
In June 2024, significant flooding struck Southern Germany, striking the most in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.Dozens of villages had to be evacuated across Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria due to the straining and potential failure of several dams and dykes caused by the persistent heavy rainfall. [8]
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
Overview map Flooding in Passau, Bavaria where the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers converge Extreme flooding in Central Europe began after several days of heavy rain in late May and early June 2013. Flooding and damages primarily affected south and east German states ( Thuringia , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Lower Saxony , Bavaria and Baden ...
Flooding in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Île-de-France. In late May and early June 2016 flooding began after several days of heavy rain in Europe, mostly Germany and France, but also Austria, Belgium, Romania, Moldova, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.