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The 2005 European floods hit many countries around the Alps in August 2005. The death toll was 42, with 31 dead in Romania, six in Switzerland, and five in Austria and Germany. Thousands evacuated from their homes; the rains were the worst flooding to hit Europe since the 2002 floods. It came at a time when Portugal was suffering from intense forest fires which left 15 dead. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes of 2005 • Cindy Sheehan Crawford Protest • Downing Street memo • Edinburgh Festival • European Constitution ratification • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... 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 damages of billions of dollars in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. ... Fire in San Bernardino, California Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources. ...

Romania suffered the highest loss of life, particularly in the Harghita county. The Swiss capital of Bern was also heavily hit after the Aar burst its banks, and the town of Brienz saw 400 residents evacuated. The Tyrol and Vorarlberg states of Austria saw many areas cut off by flooded roads. The river Danube overflowed in many places, flooding parts of Germany, Bavaria in particular. Seven bridges in Poland collapsed, and Moldova was also hit by torrential rain. Bulgaria, where three months of rain and flooding has killed 20 people and left 14,000 homeless, was further hit by these flood waters. Harghita (Hungarian: Hargita) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania, Eastern Transylvania, with the capital city at Miercurea-Ciuc. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... Aar (disambiguation). ... Brienz is a municipality in the Interlaken (district) of the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. ... Robotech anime series, please see Tirol (planet). ... Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria. ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078  m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500  m³/s Area watershed 817,000  km² Origin  Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg... With an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

The village of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Alps was completely cut off. The only exit from the town is by a very narrow gorge just wide enough to take the river, road and railway, and the river expanded to fill the entire gorge. This stranded thousands of tourists in the village, and the only way out was by helicopter or by crossing one of the high Alpine passes. Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the Interlaken (district) of the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. ... The Bernese Alps (German: Berner Alpen) is a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ... Look up Pass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the Proof of Age Standards Scheme, see PASS. A pass (as a noun) can refer to: a mountain pass, a low place in a mountain range allowing easier passage a strait or passage, usually used of one that is very narrow...

With rain and flood waters subsiding on August 27, people started to return to their homes, rail and road routes reopened and the cleanup began. August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ...

References

• 24 August 2005. "Floods cause havoc across Europe" at BBC News. Accessed 28 August 2005.
• 25 August 2005. "European Flood Deaths Rise To 42" at CBS news. Accessed 28 August 2005.
• 26 August 2005. "Europe counts cost of flood chaos" at BBC News. Accessed 28 August 2005.
• 27 August 2005. "Flood risk across Europe subsides" at BBC News. Accessed 28 August 2005.