Flash Floods in Grosseto, Italy
Torrential rainfall in areas around Grosseto in Tuscany have caused flash floods which are believed to have swept away 2 people. The floods have also caused landslides, damaged houses and…
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Flooding and floods in Europe
Floods in Romania
Flash flooding hit parts of Romania late on Monday 1st October 2013. The authorities have issued flood warnings until Wednesday. Temperatures are reported as being 10 degrees lower than normal…
Floods in Essex, UK
Heavy rainfall in England resulted in flash flooding in some southern and eastern counties of the country on Saturday 24th August 2013. The worst affected area was Essex, although floods…
Floods in UK July 2013
After heavy storms and long periods of heavy rainfall were seen across much of the United Kingdom over the last few days, floods have hit the county of West Yorkshire…
Flash Floods Expected in UK
After the recent heatwave across much of the United Kingdom, storms and flash floods have been forecast for many areas. So far there have been some reports of flash floods…
June 2013 Floods Summary
June 2013 must go down as one of the worst months of flooding in recent times. Last month saw nearly 300,000 people displaced as a result of flooding, including floods…
Germany Flood Pictures June 2013
In our efforts to report and document as many of the major flood events as we can from around the world, we have been working on building a library of…
Floods in France June 2013
Floods have struck areas of south west France over the last 2 days, in particular the town of Lourdes, the hugely popular catholic pilgrimage site. The floods have so far…
Barges Sunk to Block Fishbeck Dyke
The broken dyke at Fishbeck, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, resulting in the whole of the village and some of the surrounding villages being flooded. Until now the hole in the dyke has…
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…
