Dozens killed in flooding caused by rainfall 'not seen in 100 years' in Europe

CNN ^ | Thu July 15, 2021 - Updated 12:31 PM ET, | Nadine Schmidt, Schams Elwazer, Barbara Wojazer and Sharon Braithwaite

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Berlin (CNN)At least 46 people have died due to severe flooding in western Europe, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century.

Up to 70 people are missing in Germany after flash floods swept across western and southern parts of the country, causing buildings to collapse, police said Thursday. Germany is worst hit with 40 people killed, while six people died in Belgium. Luxembourg and the Netherlands are also affected.

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Some photos at link but are GETTY so can't be shown on FR.

[OttawaFreeper]

Gee, maybe some of that should have gone to northwest North America.

[rktman]

How about 101 years ago? How about before records were kept?

[woodbutcher1963]

I actually clicked on and read the article.

Not once does it actually mention the amount of rain they received and in what time period. Journalism 101. Who, what when, where, how. Of course, this is CNN.

For example, last Friday here in NH we received 2.5-3.5” in about 12 hours. The remnants of tropical storm Elsa.

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[woodbutcher1963]

Here in southern NH we have received over 7” of rain in the month of July. I have to mow my lawn TODAY. That is because it rained yesterday. It is supposed to rain again tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.

[Wuli]

What is on occurrence of every 100 years or so in earth time? It’s a cycle representing small blips.

The earth does not know what humans call “normal” in terms of weather and climate. All the earth knows is constant dynamic change; often in small degrees and eventually in large measures.

[ClearCase_guy]

Wikipedia says this about Italy:
The 1966 flood of the Arno in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. It is considered the worst flood in the city’s history since 1557.

Stuff happens.

[Vaquero]

So 100 years ago there was Gorebull worming? Cool.

[rktman]

At second glance this reared it’s head: ‘not seen in 100 years’. Uh, maybe there’s no one over a hundred years old left in the village that could have seen it? Just a thought. Bueller?

[logitech]

Article from Mar 15 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/climate-crisis-recent-european-droughts-worst-in-2000-years

Liars gonna lie.

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Stuff happens.

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Yep. I spent much of my early life 100 miles or less off the
Gulf of Mexico coast in LA/TX. Seen several Hurricanes and
their damage over the years.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Someplace on earth some 100 year event happens just about every day.

[Wuli]

“Someplace on earth some 100 year event happens just about every day.”

Absolutely!!!!

[DuncanWaring]

In other words, 2000 years ago there was a drought this bad, when CO2 levels in the atmosphere were far lower.

[dfwgator]

So it rained a lot a century ago, too.

[butlerweave]

Building by a river will do this ,D’oh

[al_c]

"We will be faced with such events over and over, and that means we need to speed up climate protection measures, on European, federal and global levels, because climate change isn't confined to one state," Laschett said.

I grew up in Sherman, TX. Two years straight we had a "100 year" flood. No one said anything about climate protection measures.

Our effect on the climate is minimal at best. It's been changing since the dawn of time. Weather patterns happen. Oceanic changes happen. Heck ... weren't all the continents once one big blob of land?

[glorgau]

The semi-annual “hundred year flood”.

[RckyRaCoCo]

It’s a shame that algore was right and (one of) Obama’s mansion(s) is now underwater. Not to mention the Kennedy compound, Bernie’s vacation homes.....