Manila’s Drainage System Exacerbates Flooding
Torrential rainfall has resulted in flooding in Metro Manila (the city province of Manila) and other nearby provinces. Manila is no stranger to floods (see our post on the 2009…
Author: Richard Davies
Floods in Thailand June 2013
Parts of Thailand have been suffering from flooding for several days. On 10th June Thailand’s Meteorological Department had issued warnings of mudslides and flash flooding. Later, on 12th June, The…
Flood Prevention in Germany – What Now?
There is a meeting today (Thursday 13/06/13) between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of Germany’s 16 regional states. Obviously the recent floods in Germany will be high on…
Wittenberge Germany
Yet another German city on the River Elbe has suffered from terrible floods. This time it is Wittenberge, Brandenburg, a town of around 18,000 residents. The town is holding its…
Germany Floods Map – Before and After
Below are some satellite images of the floods in Bitterfeld, Dessau, Halle and Magedeburg in Germany. The first images are from before the floods, most of which were taken around…
Germany Elbe Floods Update
Levels of the river Elbe in Magdeburg are now falling steadily. The levels reached a record height of 745cm. The previous record was during the floods of 2002 when levels…
The Elbe in Magdeburg, Germany
As I mentioned in a previous post, the German cities of Dresden, Halle and Bitterfeld were all expecting the worst over the last few days as the levels of the…
Hungary Flood Update
At the time of writing, it appears that the high levels of the Danube in Budapest – at least the central areas – are now receding. The level is currently…
Hungary expects Danube Floods
Update 09/06/13 The Danube levels were at 887cm midday Sunday June 9th 2013 in Budapest. According to Hungary’s National Disaster Management, the peak of the Danube flood is to be…
Germany Flood Update
Germany has 60,000 local emergency personnel and aid workers, as well as 25,000 federal disaster responders and 16,000 soldiers now fighting the floods. Thanks to the huge efforts of these…
Germany Watches the Elbe
Update: Elbe River Levels at Dresden on 07/06/13 The level of the River Elbe at Dresden is now falling slowly but surely, and is currently at 8.59 metres Elbe River…
Floods in Bihar, India
Torrential rain and storms in the Bihar region of India brought chaos to the area. As many as 5 people have died due to the flooding there, but also at…
Prague Zoo Evacuation
They went two by two… With Prague under threat of flooding over the last two days, many have been working around the clock to ensure that people are evacuated safely…
Flooding continues across Europe, June 2013
Torrential rainfall and rising river levels have resulted in floods across Europe over the last few days. With so many rivers, countries, towns and cities involved, it’s hard to keep…
Can Prague stop the Floods?
The River Vltava yesterday was flowing at something like 10 times its normal volume. Floods have already hit Germany and Austria and there have been reports of several deaths in…
Floods in Central Europe June 2013
When a flood hits, it usually hits fast. There were warning signs over the weekend of possible further (and bigger) floods in Germany. I reported on May 31st of the…
