Update, 25 June 2021: A tornado swept through several villages in the districts of Breclav and Hodonin, South Moravia of Czechia, causing widespread damage. As of 25 June, 4 fatalities…
Update, 30 June 2020: Further severe weather including storms and heavy rain affected parts of Poland on 29 June. IMGW report that several locations recorded more than 50mm of rain…
A heavy downpour caused severe flooding in parts of eastern Poland on 19 June, 2019, leaving communities cut off. Flooding affected areas of Janów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship (province), in…
Report updated 13 June 2019 to include further information on flooding in Italy Update: 13 June 2019 Further heavy rain caused flooding in areas around Lake Como in northern Italy…
Europe is expected to see a considerable increase in flood risk in coming years, even under an optimistic climate change scenario of 1.5°C warming compared to pre-industrial levels. A study…
Severe weather, including strong winds and storm surge, affected parts of central Europe over the weekend 27 to 29 October 2017. Dubbed “Herwart” the storm caused severe damage in Poland,…
Over 80 mm of rain fell in 24 hours in the city of Elblag in northern Poland on 19 September. City officials say that streets had to be closed due…
Hours of heavy rain between 29 and 30 June, 2017, caused surface flooding in parts of eastern Germany, including the capital Berlin and surrounding areas of Brandenburg. The rain began…
Storm surge has caused flooding on Germany’s north east coast, north western Poland and in coastal areas of Denmark. In Germany, storm Axel increased sea levels to more than 1.70…
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has launched a new version of its catastrophe model to enhance understanding the financial impact of floods in Poland. Petra von Seydlitz,…
Next month will see the launch of a new disaster and severe weather warning system in Poland. From January 2015, residents of Poland will see messages about floods, storms, tornadoes…
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…
