Germany floods: Where are the worst-hit areas? - BBC
Jul 16, 2021 · Record rainfall has caused widespread flooding across Western Europe, with some areas suffering the worst devastation in decades. Dozens have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for. Areas of...
2021 European floods - Wikipedia
In July 2021, several European countries were affected by severe floods. Some were catastrophic, causing deaths and widespread damage. The floods started in the United Kingdom as flash floods causing some property damage and inconvenience.
Germany floods: Where are the worst-hit areas? - BBC News
Jul 16, 2021 · Record rainfall has caused widespread flooding across Western Europe, with some areas suffering the worst devastation in decades. Dozens have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for. Areas of...
The 2021 Western Germany flood event: The value of flood risk ...
On 12–15 July 2021, Western Germany was hit by devastating floods that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 180 people (Fekete & Sandholz 2021; Kreienkamp et al. 2021). Germany does have a history of flood events, with the most recent and prominent being in 2013 over the regions of Elbe and Danube (Kuhlicke et al. 2020 ), leading to an ...
Germany, Belgium floods: Toll exceeds 100, with hundreds …
Jul 15, 2021 · Large parts of western Germany were hit by heavy, continuous rain on Wednesday night, which continued on Thursday, resulting in local flash floods that destroyed buildings and swept away cars...
The Flooding In Parts Of Germany Is The Worst There In 60 Years
Jul 19, 2021 · Authorities are assessing the toll of historic floods that devastated parts of western Germany that killed more than 150 people. German Chancellor Merkel described the situation as...
Germany floods: How a country was taken by surprise - BBC
Jul 16, 2021 · Amid the despair and the mounting death toll in Germany and Belgium are questions about how such a disaster could have happened. The flooding followed record rainfall in parts of western Europe...
Germany floods: Collapsed buildings and submerged cars - BBC
Jul 15, 2021 · Severe flooding has hit western Germany, leaving more than 50 people dead. Buildings and vehicles were washed away and hundreds of people were evacuated. Police and the army were deployed to...
As it happened: Hundreds missing in Germany floods - BBC News
Jul 16, 2021 · In Germany, at least 103 people have been killed - and more than 1,000 are still unaccounted for. The victims include 12 residents of an assisted living facility for disabled people in the...
Further flooding feared in western Germany with death toll …
Jul 16, 2021 · Further flooding was feared in western Germany on Friday as a breach at another dam loomed and the death toll rose to more than 80 in what is Germany's worst mass loss of life in years.