Flooding and floods in Europe
Update, 28 November 2022: Italian rescue services confirmed that 8 bodies have now been recovered from landslides in Ischia. Original report, 27 November 2022: Heavy rainfall triggered massive landslides and…
Authorities in the municipality of Esposende in Braga District of northern Portugal report that 2 people have died after a landslide following heavy rainfall. Civil Protection in Portugal said a…
A wave of severe weather swept across Italy from 22 November 2022, including strong winds, high waves, storm surge and heavy rain. Emergency services carried out 2,500 interventions in 8…
Update 23 November 2022: Flooding also affected areas of Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro from 19 November 2022. In Serbia, the worst of the flooding was reported in Raška District, in…
Police in UK report that one person is missing after being swept away by flash floods in Scotland on 18 November 2022. Heavy rain fell across Scotland from 16 November,…
At least 2 people have died in flash floods on the island of Crete, southern Greece. Torrential rain on 15 October triggered flash floods in Heraklion and Lasithi in Crete.…
Police in Croatia report one person died in flash floods in the port city of Rijeka after torrential rain on 28 September 2022. Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ) said…
Torrential rain has caused devastation in parts of Murcia region in south-eastern Spain. Firefighters report one person died after floods destroyed a home, while emergency services responded to dozens of…
Stormy weather including heavy rain affected the regions of Catalonia and Valencia in eastern Spain from 16 September 2022. According to the Meteorological Service of Catalonia, 90 mm of rain…
At least 7 people have lost their lives after torrential rain triggered catastrophic flooding in the Marche Region of Italy overnight, 15 to 16 September 2022. Areas of the Province…
Heavy rainfall in central Portugal caused severe flooding and debris flows in areas of Manteigas municipality, Guarda District on 13 September 2022. Heavy rain fell on burn scar areas of…
Hundreds of people have evacuated their homes after damaging floods swept through villages in central Bulgaria. Torrential rain from 02 September 2022 caused rivers and streams to overflow flooding several…
Officials in Sochi, the popular resort city on the Black Sea in Russia, have declared a state of emergency after 3 days of severe weather including heavy rain, flash floods…
At least one person has died and another is missing after record rainfall in southern Austria caused mudslides and flooding. Storms and heavy rain hit overnight, 28 to 29 June…
Days of heavy rains in northwest Turkey caused flooding in several of the country’s Black Sea Provinces on 27 June 2022. Bridges and roads were destroyed. Two people were reported…
At least 2 people have died and more are missing following severe flash floods in Sochi and surrounding areas of the Krasnodar Region in Russia. The government of Sochi reported…
