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1. Missing. 1. Property damage. €2.2 billion (insured damage) Displaced. 3,000+. In 2024, Germany experienced flooding. In particular, in June 2024, significant flooding struck Southern Germany, leading to the death of 6 people and the failure of several dams in the region, requiring the evacuation of several municipalities and rescue missions.
Injured. 7. Missing. 1 (as of 15 October 2019) [1] Hableány ( [ˈhɒblɛaːɲ]; Hungarian for 'Mermaid ') was a 27-metre (89 ft) river cruiser operated on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary. On the rainy night of May 29, 2019, at 9:05 pm the 135-metre (443 ft) Viking Sigyn collided with Hableány from behind under the Margaret Bridge near ...
The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal ( German: Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal; also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal ), is a canal in Bavaria, Germany. Connecting the Main and the Danube rivers across the European Watershed, it runs from Bamberg via Nuremberg to Kelheim. The canal connects the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea ...
The first Danube Day was held on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Danube River Protection Convention in 2004. Also held since 2004, the ICPDR also co-runs Danube Art Master with the Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE). An art competition involving thousands of school pupils throughout the Danube River Basin ...
Low-lying areas around New Delhi remain flooded, despite the River Jamuna's water levels slowly starting to recede. The water level of the Jamuna River flowing through India's capital topped a 40 ...
The Danube Sinkhole ( German: Donauversinkung or Donauversickerung) is an incipient underground stream capture in the Upper Danube Nature Park. Between Immendingen and Möhringen and also near Fridingen ( Tuttlingen ), the water of the Danube sinks into the riverbed in various places. The main sinkhole is next to a field named Brühl between ...
The operational water level is 131.1 metres above sea level (minimal and maximum levels are 129 and 131.5 m respectively). The power station has eight vertical Kaplan turbines with runners 9.3 m in diameter and a maximum capacity of 90 MW each. Total capacity is 720 MW at operational discharge of 4000 m 3 /s. Water level differences are 24 and ...
The Danube Delta ( Romanian: Delta Dunării, pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю, romanized :Del'ta Dunaju, pronounced [delʲˈtɑ dʊnɐˈju]) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. [2] The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in ...