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The danger increased due to flooding of sewage treatment plants and the risk of damage to chemical plants. [ 30 ] European leaders gathered in Berlin to discuss the effects of the floods and to create a better understanding of how to prevent such disasters in the future.
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 ...
The damage caused by Storm Daniel - estimated at over 2 billion euros according to a report by Dutch post-disaster advisors HVA International - has sparked an investigation into whether ...
Other effect of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is seen through the greater amount of carbon dioxide emission. The Amazon rainforest absorbs one-fourth of the carbon dioxide emissions on Earth, however, the amount of CO 2 absorbed today decreases by 30% than it was in the 1990s due to deforestation. [35]
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.
Climate scientists have estimated that the flooding regime, which has prior inflicted severe flooding once every 50 years, to become more frequent, and cause severe flooding once every 30 years. [17] The cost of flooding in the European continent, which currently causes an estimated 4.9 billion Euros of damage per year, is expected to increase ...
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 ...