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Europe experienced widespread flooding and severe heat waves in 2023, Copernicus finds
22 Apr 2024 20:43 GMT
… average in northwestern and central Europe, and above average in … waves and widespread devastating flooding. Temperatures continue to increase … to storms, 44 to floods and 44 to wildfires. … record high river flows were seen in major river basins, including …
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Glomma, Loire, Rhine: Which European rivers experienced record flooding in 2023?
22 Apr 2024 17:13 GMT
… affected by floods, which … Slovenia, August 2023
Slovenia was … river basins.
River flow in the Sava peaked beyond the ‘severe’ flooding … waterways experienced ‘exceptionally high’ flows, especially across northwestern and central Europe, including major rivers …
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Minister expresses condolences to Oman over floods
22 Apr 2024 04:34 GMT
… to the Omani Sultanate over floods that killed 21 people, and … freeing two Hungarian nationals who had been stranded by the waters.
22 … was shocked to hear the floods have claimed the lives … when they airlifted two stranded Hungarian nationals to safety.”
“We …
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Europe experiences widespread flooding and severe heatwaves in 2023
19 Apr 2024 14:31 GMT
… heatwaves and widespread devastating flooding. Temperatures continue to increase … to storms, 44 to floods and 44 to wildfires. … record high river flows were seen in major river basins, including … in Europe, particularly across central Europe and the Alps during …
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Kazakhstan Pursues Partnership with EU to Bolster Water Infrastructure
19 Apr 2024 09:59 GMT
… sustainable management of water basins and rivers.
During the … water-saving technologies and agricultural development. Austrian … associated with dams and ensuring water infrastructure sustainability. … treatment technologies and Hungary’s advancements in …
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Ikea and the World's Lumber: A Complicated Growth
24 Apr 2024 04:51 GMT
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A Watershed Moment for Ikea
This watershed moment marked … from European producers, including Poland, Lithuania, and Sweden. … Brazil and the Tapajós River Basin in Colombia. Furthermore, … following a devastating Yangtze River flood in 1998. However, …
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Warmer weather starts to affect energy demand, more extremes likely in 2024: EU climate monitor
22 Apr 2024 21:58 GMT
… intense heatwaves, large wildfires, heavy flooding and widespread drought, according to … below average in northwestern and Central Europe, and above average in southwestern … Middle East surge. Meanwhile higher river temperatures affected nuclear operations and …
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2023’s climate extremes battered Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent
22 Apr 2024 21:15 GMT
… Slovenia was clobbered by flooding with record-high river … sea-surface temperature on record.”
Meanwhile, across Central Europe … witnessed it with widespread floods but also high temperature … challenges to agriculture, water resources management and public …
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World in brief: April 22, 2024
22 Apr 2024 15:10 GMT
… floods.
Its biggest city Bujumbura has been inundated by rising waters from Lake … Tanganyika, the second largest and deepest lake on … been displaced by floods and 20,000 homes destroyed.
POLAND: President Andrzej …
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World Meteorological Organization data shows heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023
22 Apr 2024 13:41 GMT
… heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and flooding. “2023 was the … found, with European rivers flowing at record levels … severe” flood thresholds. ‘Beyond extreme’ sea heat spike Record sea surface … average in northwestern and central Europe, but above average in …