The floods followed record amounts of rain that fell in parts of Western Europe. Professor Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist who set up and now advises the European Flood Awareness System (an EU program designed to provide early warnings of dangerous floods) said alerts were sent to authorities in Europe over the weekend. There were alerts going out. saying there s some very serious rain and floods coming: be aware. It s then for the national authorities to take that information and go with it, she told the BBC. But Cloke says that there were also places where those warnings did not get through to the people and they did not know it was going to happen .
Opinion: Germany′s know-it-all attitude after the floods helps no one | Opinion | DW
dw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
German villages could be left with no drinking water after floods
theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Europe floods have killed dozens of people, but no one in the Netherlands Here s why
msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.