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In June 2024, a series of storms such as storms caused major damage in various regions of Switzerland through flooding, landslides and mudslides and claimed at least eighteen lives. [ citation needed ] The disruption to the transport infrastructure also has an impact on transit traffic with the interruption of the A13 motorway and on tourism in ...
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.
There are also 34 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats up for decision in this election, and at least a dozen in the Central states could be affected by some rain or thunderstorms on Nov. 5.
On 3 June 2024, rescuers recovered the body of a woman in Schrobenhausen, believed to have drowned while trapped in an apartment basement. Two more bodies were discovered in a cellar in Schorndorf. The highest level of flood warning, at level four, was placed on the districts from Regensburg to Straubing. [15]
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When runoff is prevented and water gathers, flash flooding results. [16] Rising sea levels will further slow drainage time to days or even weeks. [17] From 1997–2007 there was intense urbanisation of the area around the City of Valencia and coastal areas generally, with little regard for the growing danger of severe flooding due to climate ...
The series takes place in 1997 in Wrocław, when the 1997 Central European flood is nearing the city. The main character is the hydrologist Jaśmina Tremer, who returns to Wrocław after many years to help handle the crisis. During the series, the characters have to face not only the incompetence of the local authorities, but also their own past.