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In late May and early June 2016 flooding began after several days of heavy rain in Europe, mostly Germany and France, but also Austria, Belgium, Romania, Moldova, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Among others, the German states of Bavaria, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and North Rhine-Westphalia were affected. [13]
The 1997 Central European flood or the 1997 Oder Flood of the Oder and Morava river basins in July 1997 affected Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, taking the lives of 114 people and causing material damages estimated at $4.5 billion (3.8 billion euros in the Czech Republic and Poland and 330 million euros in Germany). The flooding began ...
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)
1997 Central European flood: Poland, Czech Republic: 1997 104 1981 Laingsburg flood South Africa: 1981 101 2013 Argentina floods: Argentina: 2013 101 2016 Sri Lankan floods: Sri Lanka: 2016 100+ 2023 North India floods: India: 2023 100 2008 Vietnam floods: Vietnam, China: 2008 94 The Mameyes disaster: Puerto Rico 1985 90+ Columbus, Ohio flood ...
Rain began falling on a Friday afternoon, the last day of February 1997, and by that Sunday local weather observer Frank Street measured 7.81 inches. Henderson history: One of this area’s worst ...
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 ...
Category: Floods in Europe by year. 2 languages. ... 2016 floods in Europe (4 P) 2020 floods in Europe (7 P) 2021 floods in Europe (3 P) 2022 floods in Europe (4 P)
Another factor that may be contributing to the severe floods, however, is human activity and land-use change. Because most of the recent floods in Central Europe are river floods, says Bates, it ...