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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]
Municipalities had days to prepare for the flooding but around 3,000 people had to be evacuated in southern Germany as the water cut off some areas, authorities said. Rescue worker dies, several ...
As the death toll from flooding in Germany passed 100, and more than a thousand people remained missing, striking aerial photos from the town of Erftstadt-Blessem showed the scale of devastation ...
At least 59 people have been killed in extreme flooding in western Germany, local media said on July 15.Police said several houses collapsed in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and around 50 ...
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.
At least 125 people have died and as many as 1,500 remain unaccounted for after catastrophic floods raged across Germany, Belgium and neighboring countries this week — turning streets into ...
On 10 March, five people were killed by floods following violent storms across southern France, [28] with seven others reported missing. [29] On 31 March, heavy rainfall lead to the severe flooding of the town of Montmorillon. [30] Floods in Central France affected the departments of Yonne and Saône-et-Loire in April. [31]
Some 143 people died in the flooding in Germany's worst natural disaster in more than half a century. ... -The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least ...