🌊 Example: Flooding on the Elbe River (Germany 2002)
  • Region: Central Germany and the Elbe region
  • Days of heavy rainfall led to catastrophic flooding in Central and Eastern Europe. Many cities were submerged, and thousands had to be evacuated.
  • CharacteristicValue
    DateAugust 2002
    Affected CountriesDE, CZ, AT
    Fatalities21 in Germany
    Damageapprox. €11.6 billion
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