Flooding and floods in Europe
Heavy rainfall has caused significant flooding in several provinces in the Black Sea region of Turkey, including Kastamonu, Samsun, Amasya, and Sinop. Tragically, fatalities have been reported in Samsun and…
More torrential rain in Italy has caused further flooding, this time in the southwestern Campania Region, where at least one fatality was reported. The flooding in Campania comes while the…
Heavy rainfall and elevated river levels in the Una and Sana basins have resulted in widespread flooding across various regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the last few days. According…
Update: In a statement of 17 May, the regional government of Emilia-Romagna reported 8 people have now died as a result of floods and landlsides in the region since 16…
Several counties in Croatia have been grappling with flooding after heavy rainfall since 12 May 2023, prompting authorities to take urgent measures to mitigate the situation. Temporary flood barriers and…
Storms and heavy rain brought flash flooding to parts of England and Wales, United Kingdom, on 09 May 2023. Homes and roads were flooded in Somerset and Devon in the…
At least 2 fatalities have been reported as a result of severe flooding and landslides in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. President of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini, described the…
Firefighters in Italy have carried out dozens of rescues and evacuations after flooding and landslides in areas of the Emilia-Romagna region. On 03 May 2023, Vigili del Fuoco, the fire…
The State Emergency Service in Ukraine reported several rivers have broken their banks causing flooding in 8 regions of the country. The State Emergency Service reported “a seasonal rise” of…
Saving Italian hydRological mEasuremeNts (SIREN), a new project in Italy aims to save 70 years of hydro-meteorological measurements by crowd-sourcing the work of volunteers. The work will involve digitizing historical…
Firefighters in Italy report one person died after a vehicle was swept away by flash floods in the Calabria Region. Stormy weather caused flash floods, landslides and wind damage in…
Local authorities in the Augšdaugava Municipality in southern Latvia have requested a state of emergency due to severe flooding along the Daugava River and tributaries since late March 2023. Flooding…
Disasters authorities in Türkiye report that at least 14 people have now died in the flood that swept through areas of Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman in the southeast of the country…
Disaster authorities in Türkiye report at least 1 person has died and 4 are still missing after torrential rain caused flash flooding in parts of the southeastern Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman…
In the United Kingdom, intense downpours exceeding 20mm of rain per hour could be four times more frequent by the year 2080 compared with the 1980s, writes Elizabeth Kendon, University…
Thousands of trees are to be planted as part of a flood defence project in northern England. England’s Environment Agency said 7 hectares of woodland and over 5km of hedgerow…
