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…
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Flooding and floods in Europe
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…
Floods Germany, May 2013
Several states in Germany are currently suffering from floods as a result of heavy rainfall and storms over the last few days. Transport infrastructure has been badly affected, and sadly…
May 2013 Floods Summary
Below is a summary of the major floods from around the world during May 2013. As you would expect, spring time will bring floods to areas normally under ice and…
Floods in Norway May 2013
Heavy rainfall on Wednesday 22nd May resulted in huge floods in southern Norway. Flood warning had been issued earlier in the week, but after Wednesday night’s rainfall it was feared…
Floods in France May 2013
France has been suffering from floods throughout May, 2013. On May 4 in the Burgundy region, torrential rain resulted in some residents of the city of Dijon being evacuated,. Levels…
Sand Engines in the Netherlands
A few days ago we wrote about the project in the Netherlands called (in English) “Room for the River”. It’s a large project taking place in the Netherlands, Germany, France…
Room for the River
As a follow-up to the report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) (see our post here) regarding flooding in Europe, we decided to look at one of the biggest flood…
Europe Must Adapt to Floods
Another report on the prospect of flooding was released this week (Monday April 29, 2013), this time regarding Europe (see our other article on Nigeria flood forecasts here). The European…
Swans in Worcester Floods
We’ve found yet another unexpected – even bizarre – consequence of flooding over the weekend. This amazing picture, courtesy of Earth Pics (link) shows dozens of elegant white swans making…
Denbighshire Floods Report
People in the UK might remember news of the floods that hit north Wales during 26th and 27th November 2012. Particularly badly hit was the county of Denbighshire in the…
Flooding in UK 2007
2007 is regarded as one of the worst years in recent times for flooding in the United Kingdom. Much of the flooding occurred during a period between June and July.…
Floods in Europe
Over the eons, large floods have periodically inundated entire regions of Europe. We have included some background and information on some pf the most populated countries and regions, plus some…
Central and Eastern Europe
The worst years for flooding in this region was the period from 2005 through 2010, exceeding the record floods there in 1970 by almost all measurements. In the fall of…
Italy
Italy has experienced flooding throughout its long history from the Alpine north to its southern tip. In 1963, the Vajont River Dam in a region of Italy just north of…
