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]

References

↑ "More flooding for Europe". BBC Weather. BBC. 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.
↑ "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

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[1] "More flooding for Europe". BBC Weather. BBC. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[103dead-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Flutkatastrophe: Bereits mehr als 100 Tote". tagesschau.de (in German). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[3] "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.

[4] ttps://www.meteo.be/uploads/media/610789b2b72c2/klimatologisch-maandoverzicht-202107.pdf?token=/uploads/media/610789b2b72c2/klimatologisch-maandoverzicht-202107.pdf

[5] ttps://en.paperjam.lu/article/summer-2021-was-cold-and-wet-i

[6] ttps://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/luxembourg-city/most-daily-precipitation

[7] ttps://www.wetterzentrale.de/extremes_y.php?station=2968&country=1&order=1&extreem=X_RH

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