2021 European floods
The 2021 European floods are a series of ongoing severe floods which began on 12 July 2021. They have affected several river basins. It started in the United Kingdom before spreading into Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland.[1] Germany was affected the hardest where at least 103 people died.[2] 200,000 properties were left without power.[2][3]
Rainfall extremes measured during the floods
On 14 July 2021, Belgium experienced its wettest day on record. 179 millimeters was measured in Stavelot.[4]
Also Luxembourg experienced a 24-hour rainfall record, in Godbrange near Junglinster 106 millimeters was measured.[5] In Luxembourg City the rainfall record took place too, 77 millimeters on 14 July 2021.[6]
The German city of Cologne also experienced record rainfall, on 14 July 2021, 154 millimeters was measured there.[7]
2021 European Floods Media
- Western Europe Floods and UCPM Assistance (cropped).jpg
Areas affected, EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC)
- Floods 16 July 2021, Belgium, Tilff 1.jpg
Flood damage in Tilff, Belgium
- Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Rochefort and Pepinster in Belgium 12.jpg
Flood damage in Pepinster, Belgium on 17 July
- Crue Rivière Menthon Route Platière - Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon (FR01) - 2021-07-15 - 7.jpg
Floods in Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, France, 15 July
- Western Europe, Floods and EU response (cropped1).jpeg
Measured water level for the Moselle River in Trier and Cochem
- Hochwasser in Kordel 01.jpg
Flooding in Kordel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Flooded street in Clausen (51313737196).jpg
Flooded street in Clausen in Luxembourg City
- Geul-overstroming juli 2021 (55).jpg
Flood of the Geul in the centre of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
References
- ↑ More flooding for Europe. BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/57849597. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Flutkatastrophe: Bereits mehr als 100 Tote". tagesschau.de (in German). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Germany and Belgium floods: At least 33 dead and more than 70 missing after heavy rain". Sky News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ↑ https://www.meteo.be/uploads/media/610789b2b72c2/klimatologisch-maandoverzicht-202107.pdf?token=/uploads/media/610789b2b72c2/klimatologisch-maandoverzicht-202107.pdf
- ↑ https://en.paperjam.lu/article/summer-2021-was-cold-and-wet-i
- ↑ https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/luxembourg-city/most-daily-precipitation
- ↑ https://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_y.php?station=2968&country=1&order=1&extreem=X_RH
