DW Focus On Europe July 7, 2024
last summer. no one saw coming until it was too late. rivers including the r, burst their banks, and destroyed virtually everything in their path. dozens of villages were inundated homes and possessions washed away in an instant. more than a 130 people died along the our river. will the sheer amount of rainfall took residents by surprise? experts say the extreme weather event was caused by climate change and it seems like a combination of the topography and city planning has made the region more vulnerable to rising waters. much of the landscape in the our valley is still a scarred t...