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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]
It was the third time in less than 17 months that the region was affected by a major flood. On 19 October 2024, heavy rains and floods in Catania. [83] On 20 October 2024, severe flooding in Licata due to the overflowing of the Salso river, people saved themselves by climbing onto the roofs. [84]
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.
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) -A firefighter died while trying to rescue trapped residents and several thousand people were forced to leave their homes as heavy rain caused flooding in southern ...
Aerial footage released on July 18 showed the town of Altenburg in Ahrweiler, Germany, flooded as the death toll in the country rose to over 160.German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the village ...
The death toll from flooding in western Germany reached seven on July 15, local reports said.Police said several houses collapsed in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and around 50 people were in ...
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, Germany, Hungary and Romania: 27: Heavy rains 2024 2024 floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina: 27: Heavy rain 2024 2024 floods in Spain: Spain: 227: Heavy rain
In a summer that has seen multiple flash-flooding events around the globe, the climate change horror stories have become all too familiar. The climate change lessons from the flash-flooding ...