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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 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 ...
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)
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.
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2002 European floods; L. Luxair Flight 9642; P. Prestige oil spill This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 01:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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.
Public anger is growing over how a developed European country appeared to fail to warn many communities of the flood danger in time. ... The death toll is the worst from floods in Spain since 1973 ...