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Throughout much of 2024, numerous European countries were affected by severe floods caused by prolonged heavy rains. Several were catastrophic, causing deaths and widespread damage due to overflowing river basins and landslides. Deaths occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Germany, Romania, Spain, Austria, France, the Czech Republic ...
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.
Part of the 2020–21 European windstorm season Storm Alex was a powerful early-season extratropical cyclone that was particularly notable for its extreme flooding around the Mediterranean. Alex caused widespread wind and flooding damage across Europe, and at least 16 fatalities, with one more person missing [ needs update ] .
Two potent windstorms slammed northern Europe over the past weekend, unleashing widespread wind damage and power cuts, triggering flooding and leaving at least four people dead. The first of these ...
Some of the damage is causing roadways to be impassable. Earlier Friday, Horry County Electric, Inc. posted photos of a tree that had fallen over a power line off of Highway 501 near Aynor ...
Hurricane Kirk at its peak intensity over the central North Atlantic Ocean on the morning of 4 October. Ex-Hurricane Kirk initially developed on 29 September 2024 off the Cabo Verde islands and was named the next day by the National Hurricane Centre. [52] Kirk affected Europe from 8 October, a day after becoming an extratropical cyclone.
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November 18–19, 1724 – One of the most destructive storms ever experienced in Portugal since the early 17th century, [9] caused damage to the east coast of Madeira and central and northern Portugal. (There is some conjecture whether this storm was a tropical system such as Hurricane Vince in 2005 which impacted Europe). [10]