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The evacuations before the worst of the flooding have been cited as one of the reasons for relatively little loss of life in the capital. [17] An estimated 40,000 people were evacuated from Prague. [18] Among the animal deaths resulting from the flood was Gaston, a sea lion from the Prague Zoo who swam to Germany following the flooding of his ...
A major rainfall event which lasted from March 1–30 which brought twelve inches of rain and flooded the Pawtuxet River, Blackstone River and numerous other ocean , lakes, ponds and streams in Rhode Island. The flooding was the worst in Rhode Island history, as the Pawtuxet River crested over 69 feet—12 feet above flood stage, shattering the ...
Flood 1825: February flood of 1825: Germany, Netherlands: 800: Storm surge 1829: Muckle Spate (1829) Scotland: Heavy rain 1852: Holmfirth Floods#1852: England: 81: Heavy rain 1859: Grenoble flood 1859: France: Rain + meltwater 1864: Great Sheffield Flood: United Kingdom: 270: failure of the Dale Dike Reservoir: 1865: 1865 flooding of Bucharest ...
2021 Afghanistan flood, 2021 Nuristan floods: Afghanistan: 2021 110 Southern Federal District, heavy rain, landslide [17] Russia: 2002 106 1997 Central European flood: Poland, Czech Republic: 1997 104 1981 Laingsburg flood South Africa: 1981 101 2013 Argentina floods: Argentina: 2013 101 2016 Sri Lankan floods: Sri Lanka: 2016 100+ 2023 North ...
In the aftermath of the flooding, a spokesperson of the World Meteorological Organization called for more action against climate change. [134] On 13 July 2023, the European Union declared 15 July as the Annual EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis, the date was chosen to commemorate the floods of 2021. [135]
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Residents of Sumas, Washington, were advised to shelter-in-place on Monday, November 29, as the Nooksack River spilled its banks and overflowed into parts of the city.Officials with the City of ...