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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.
This source may describe the first storm chasers ever documented in history. [10] 1255 Prague tornado: 8 April 1255: Prague, Bohemia: 1: 1: Tornado at Prague Castle. [10] Russian tornado of 1406: 1406: near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia: 1: 1 fatality known: According to the Trinity Chronicle, a tornado occurred near Nizhny Novgorod. This is the ...
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO's secretary-general said Tuesday's blast in Poland was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defence missile but that Russia was ultimately responsible because it started the war.
Poland said Wednesday that a missile that landed in a village near the Ukrainian border, leaving two people dead, was "very likely" launched by Kyiv’s air defenses.
Force 12 winds were forecast over the North Sea on 5 December. The system impacted densely populated areas in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland. In Denmark, the storm was named Bodil. [157] 2013–2014 Atlantic winter storms in Europe: 17 December 2013–20 February 2014: 927 hPa (27.4 inHg) Bernd (Emily) [158] – 17–21 December 2013.
The storm cut power to more than 300,000 households, according to the country's electricity supplier. Weather and civil protection officials, who had predicted winds of up to 75 mph (120 kilometres per hour) and heavy rain, placed the coast on a yellow alert as waves reached up to seven metres (23 feet) high. [ 123 ]
Hundreds if not thousands of migrants sought to storm the border from Belarus into Poland on Monday, cutting razor wire fences and using branches to try and climb over them. The siege escalated a ...