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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.
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]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Heavy flooding pounded Central Europe on Monday, killing four more people in Poland and one in the Czech Republic. Following an emergency government meeting, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a state of natural disaster in the flooded areas to facilitate evacuation and rescue operations, as well as expedite financial support for the victims.
PRAGUE (AP) — The death toll was rising in Central European countries on Sunday after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced evacuations. Several Central European nations have already been hit by severe flooding, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. Slovakia and Hungary might come next as a result of a ...
Deaths from massive floods in southwest Poland this month have risen to nine, police said, reporting two more bodies found in the clean-up. At least 26 people died across central Europe in the ...
At least 15 people have died in flooding from Austria to Romania. Poland's government announced a state of natural disaster in affected areas and said that it had set aside 1 billion zlotys ($260 ...
Another factor that may be contributing to the severe floods, however, is human activity and land-use change. Because most of the recent floods in Central Europe are river floods, says Bates, it ...