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The Elbe before and after the 2002 flood. In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe.It reached the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. [2]
The European Flood Awareness System is a European Commission initiative to increase preparedness for riverine floods across Europe.. The disastrous floods in Elbe and Danube rivers in 2002 confronted the European Commission with non-coherent flood warning information from different sources and of variable quality, complicating planning and organization of aid.
Year Details Countries Fatalities Causes 120 BCE: Cymbrian flood: Denmark, Norway: probably many thousands: Storm tide 589: Breach at Cucca: Italy: 1170: All Saints' Flood (1170)
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St. Mary Magdalene's flood (German: Magdalenenhochwasser) was the largest recorded flood in central Europe [1] with water levels exceeding those of the 2002 European floods. It occurred on and around the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene, 22 July in 1342.
The worst floods to hit central Europe in at least two decades have left a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland, spreading mud and debris in towns, destroying bridges, submerging cars and ...
The Tenerife flood of 2002 (Spanish: Riada de Tenerife de 2002), also known as 31-M, was a flash flood caused by a cold drop that occurred in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife area of Tenerife, Spain, on 31 March 2002. 232.6 litres per square metre of rain fell in less than six hours, causing the deaths of eight people, and damage estimated at €20 ...
Floods in Europe in August killed 232 people. The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2002. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.