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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.
Other places are now bracing for the flood waves to hit them, including two central European gems: Budapest, the Hungarian capital on the Danube River, and Wroclaw, a city in southwestern Poland on the Oder River, its old town filled with architectural gems.
“The worst is behind us and now, we have to deal with all the damage,” Fiala said following the visit. In Hungary, the mayor of Budapest warned residents that the largest floods in a decade were expected to hit the capital later in the week, with the waters of the Danube River set to breach the city’s lower quays by Tuesday morning.
2023 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods: Emilia-Romagna, Italy: 17: Heavy rains caused by Storm Minerva: 2023 2023 Carinthia and Slovenia floods: Slovenia: 7: Heavy rains 2023 2023 Danube floods Hungary: 12: Heavy rains 2024 2024 Germany floods: Germany: 9: Heavy rains 2024 2024 Central European floods: Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Slovakia ...
Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and and the deaths of at least 23 people so far. * Four provinces in ...
Rainfall and upstream flooding from Germany and Austria caused several tidal surges along the banks of the Danube and the Rába in Hungary starting on 6 June 2024. The Danube tidal surge forced closure of the Budapest Public Road along a section of the "lower quay of Buda between Mozaik Street and Rákóczi Bridge " and a part of "the lower ...
Heavy flooding has affected a large part of the region in recent days, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. Around 20 deaths were reported in the flooding, which followed heavy rainfall but the full human cost was still not clear. Casualties have been reported in Romania, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.
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 ...