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Throughout much of 2024, numerous European countries were affected by severe floods caused by prolonged heavy rains. Several were catastrophic, causing deaths and widespread damage due to overflowing river basins and landslides.
The floods are caused by the slow-moving Storm Boris, which has brought an onslaught of intense rain. In the last four days, the storm has dumped five times the average amount of rainfall expected ...
Floods started in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland on 14 July 2021 after record rainfall across western Europe caused multiple rivers to burst their banks. [15] The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) issued alerts of life-threatening floods in advance, which, although very vague, were delivered to national authorities. [16]
The region is particularly at risk of flash flooding – due to its hard ground and vulnerability to the “cold drop” – but its infrastructure has been unable to protect its residents.
The European Commission decided on Nov. 16 to refer Greece to the EU Court of Justice for failing to provide updated flood maps after Athens missed a 2020 deadline.
Experts had been warning there would be serious consequences to deforestation. It had an impact on the scale of the floods, as well as on river springs. [24] 150 houses were endangered by the floods in Vojkovići, East Ilidža. [25] Nine people were evacuated from the village of Kijevo, and the Foča–Trnovo road got partially destroyed. [26]
Deforestation in Europe, 2020. Europe has lost more than half of its forests in the past 6,000 years. This has primarily been due to agricultural expansion and demand for wood fuel. [84] According to satellite data, the loss of biomass in EU's forests increased by 69% in the period from 2016 to 2018, compared with the period from 2011 to 2015 ...
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 ...