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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 flooding caused significant disruptions to the 2024 European Parliament elections, particularly in the province of Styria. The heavy rainfall rendered several polling stations in Deutschfeistritz , Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District , and Graz inaccessible or destroyed, necessitating rapid responses from local authorities to ensure that voters ...
Nine dead in flash floods across Europe. Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria affected. ... Greece has reported its “most extreme amount of rain in 24 hours” since records began after the deluge.
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 .
Swaths of Europe have been battered by deadly extreme weather, as rivers threaten to burst their banks in central Europe following torrential rainfall, and wildfires tear through Portugal.
Experts say the most severe floods to hit Central Europe in at least two decades fit into a broader pattern of extreme weather events. Experts say the most severe floods to hit Central Europe in ...
PRAGUE (AP) — The death toll was rising in Central European countries on Sunday after days of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and forced evacuations. Several Central European nations have already been hit by severe flooding, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. Slovakia and Hungary might come next as a result of a ...
The death toll is the worst from floods in Spain since 1973, when at least 150 people were estimated to have died in the southeastern provinces of Granada, Murcia and Almeria. [BBC] Show comments