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Devastating flash-flooding spreading across Europe Joel Pippard, Sunday July 18, 2021 - 18:12 EST
Over the past few days, catastrophic flooding has occurred in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and now Austria, killing hundreds of people as rivers rose to their highest levels in decades.
On Thursday, eastern parts of Belgium received up to 97mm of rain in a six-hour period, while Reifferscheid, Germany, collected a harrowing 203mm in just nine hours. On Saturday, Austria’s capital Vienna received 71mm in six hours and tens of thousands of lightning strikes, mainly occurring in a two-hour period. European media are widely referring to these floods as a once-in-a-generation event.
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