Floods in Dresden

In August of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1731x1173, 455 KB) Description: Flood in Blasewitz, Dresden at the Schillergarten Source: Privatfoto Date: created Aug. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1731x1173, 455 KB) Description: Flood in Blasewitz, Dresden at the Schillergarten Source: Privatfoto Date: created Aug. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest) is the capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony and situated in a valley on the River Elbe. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A one-hundred year flood is calculated to be the maximum level of flood water expected to occur on average once every one hundred years. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

Development of the floods

The floods first started with heavy rainfall in the Eastern Alps, which resulted in floods in Northern Italy, Bavaria and the Austrian states of Salzburg and Upper Austria. The floods gradually moved eastwards along the Danube, although the damage in the large cities on its shores was not as severe as in the areas affected by the floods later. In some cases, damage was averted by good flood defense systems (for example, there was virtually no damage in Vienna in spite of the Danube's reaching a record water level). Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of the Splügen Pass in eastern Switzerland. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ... Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... The Danube bend at Visegrád is a popular destination of tourists The Danube (ancient Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

When the rainfall moved northeast to the Bohemian Forest and to the source areas of the Elbe and Vltava rivers, the result were catastrophic water levels first in the Austrian areas of Mühlviertel and Waldviertel and later in the Czech Republic, Thuringia and Saxony. Rivers changed their courses in unexpected ways, catching residents off guard. Several villages in Northern Bohemia, Thuringia and Saxony were more or less destroyed by rivers changing their courses. The Šumava is a low mountain range in Central Europe. ... The River Elbe (Czech Labe , Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of Central Europe. ... The Vltava (help· info) (Moldau in German and many other Germanic languages, Moldva in Hungarian, unrelated to the Moldova river of Romania) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, draining into the north from its source in Å umava through ÄŒeský Krumlov, ÄŒeské BudÄ›jovice, and Prague (Praha), merging with... The Mühlviertel (literally German for the Mühl quarter or district) is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four quarters of Upper Austria the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), being eleventh in size with an area of 16,200 km² and twelfth most populous with 2. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ...

Flood damage in the Karlin district of Prague.

The two large cities most severely hit were Dresden and Prague, in both of which large parts of the old town were under water and numerous historic buildings were damaged. The Prague Metro system was affected by water entering the tunnels. omggggg i dont know what i am doing at skwl. it is proper crapppy Image File history File linksMetadata Karlin. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Karlin. ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest) is the capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony and situated in a valley on the River Elbe. ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... map of the Prague Metro The Prague metro is an underground public transport network in Prague, Czech Republic. ...

External links

• Flood damage at the Jewish Museum in Prague
• Flood damage at the Prague City Gallery
• Flood Photographs of Prague