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A slow-moving low pressure weather system caused intense and prolonged rainfall over Louisiana and southwest Mississippi in mid-August 2016. Record-breaking river flows were observed and the severe flooding that followed resulted in damage to tens of thousands of homes.
Continue readingExtremely heavy rainfall between 29 September and 6 October 2015 caused extensive flooding in large parts of South Carolina and south eastern areas of North Carolina.
Continue readingGermany, Austria and the Czech Republic have taken the brunt of the June 2013 flooding, with Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Switzerland badly affected as well.
Continue readingThroughout the last ten days of November 2012 alone, the North East Midlands and South West of England experienced above average rainfall expected for the entire month.
Continue readingMillions of homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged by post-tropical storm Sandy as it made landfall on the US east coast after sweeping up through the Caribbean.
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