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Sandbags and a flood wall holding flood waters in Otrokovice, Czech Republic The 2024 floods in the Czech Republic caused insured property damage equal to around 8.4 billion Czech crowns (€331.1 million), but insurance company estimates [ 20 ] place the damage as high as 19.3 billion Czech crowns (€761.5 million).
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.
The highest level of flood warning, at level four, was placed on the districts from Regensburg to Straubing. [15] In the meantime, heavy rainfall in Switzerland led to rising water levels in rivers and lakes, including the Sitter river at Goldach , Lake Constance , the High Rhine , and caused overflow at the Untersee and Lake Lauerz .
Storm causes floods of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. 14:49, William Mata. In Bulgaria, a storm caused floods on the country’s southern Black Sea coast. The body of a missing tourist was ...
Credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS estimated losses from flooding across central Europe at between several hundred million euros to more than one billion euros ($1.1 billion).
Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and and the deaths of at least 23 people so far. * Four provinces in ...
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
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 ...