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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on June 04, 2013, 06:52:30 PM

Title: Torrential rains and flooding ravage Central Europe: the worst in 70 years
Post by: Mark on June 04, 2013, 06:52:30 PM

June 3, 2013 – EUROPE – Authorities in parts of Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defenses as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks. Several people have died or are missing in the floods in Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Switzerland since the rains began on Thursday. The floods have killed at least one person and left several missing across the Czech Republic. Czech officials warned that the waters of the Vltava river could reach critical levels in Prague late on Sunday as soldiers erected metal barriers and piled up sandbags to protect Prague’s historic center from flooding after days of heavy rains swelled rivers and forced evacuations from some low-laying areas. Prague authorities also limited public transport and closed underground stations as water from the Vltava River overflowed into parts of the Old Town

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/03/europe-floods-060313.html

Title: Germany – Worst flooding in 500 years
Post by: Mark on June 06, 2013, 05:09:09 PM

With water from the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers relentlessly pouring into the old section of Passau in southeast Germany on Monday, the water rose to levels not seen in more than five centuries – since 1501.

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Markers set in 1954, when the city suffered its worst flooding in living memory, have disappeared beneath the rising water.

Flooding has spread across a large area of central Europe following heavy rainfall in recent days, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/04/worst-flooding-in-500-years/

See also: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/04/germany-troops-flooded-cities-toll

Title: Europe Battling Catastrophic Flooding – Water Wave on the Way to Croatia
Post by: Mark on June 07, 2013, 08:20:24 AM

Flooded are Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, where floods have claimed at least 14 lives.

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Hungary has also declared “state of emergency” because of water wave surging on the Danube.

By the weekend the water will reach Croatia.

German media reported that parts of the country have not seen such floods for centuries! (The worst floods since 1501!)

In Germany, the high water levels are moving north, while water wave on Danube slowly travels towards Croatia. Now it is close to Vienna, Bratislava is expecting historic 1,000 cm (almost 32 feet) and in Budapest also historical +870 cm (28 ft) are expected.

The peak flood wave is expected in about seven days, said Croatian media service chief of staff for flood Zoran Đuroković.

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/testforum.cgi?noframes;read=278837