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The Elbe before and after the 2002 flood. In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe.It reached the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. [2]
Floods in Europe in August killed 232 people.. The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2002.There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
2002 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows ... 2002 106 1997 Central European flood: Poland, Czech Republic: 1997 104 1981 Laingsburg flood South Africa:
Storm Jeanett [4] (also written as Jeanette) was a strong extratropical cyclone and European windstorm which affected much of northwest Europe on 27–28 October 2002. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rainfall, with wind speeds reaching up to 180 km/h (110 mph; 97 kn) uprooting trees, smashing cars and damaging buildings.
A following flood due to a Western Washington weather event in November of that year led to lowland flooding in the community. Led by extreme record rainfall, the Chehalis reached 71.43 feet (21.8 m). [91] [96] A smaller flood occurred in April 1991, the only flooding event ever recorded later than March in Chehalis and the surrounding area. [97]
August 2002 – The 2002 European floods led to the evacuation of 50,000 residents of Prague, Czech Republic, on 13 August, with a total of 200,000 Czechs during the second week of August. [15] Elsewhere in Europe, more than 120,000 people were evacuated in the German city of Dresden, 36,000 in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, and 1,500 in ...
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In 2002, the 2002 European floods hit Central Europe, causing major damage. In July 2023, the 2023 Ulaanbaatar floods hit Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia , causing sever damage. On October 22, 2003, a large part of Western Sahara was hit by torrential rains, causing flooding.