"Has built for a climate that no longer exists"
Europe needs to readjust to prepare for more extreme weather like Storm Boris which caused chaotic scenes last week. That's what Sissi Knispel de Acosta, secretary general of the European climate research alliance ECRA says to the New York Times.
- These floods are a clear reminder of the increasing threat from climate-related extreme weather events.
Professor Diana Urge-Vorsatz, vice-chairman of the UN climate panel IPCC, lives just outside Vienna in Austria. When a friend warned her about Storm Boris and urged her to keep supplies at home for several days, she did not follow the advice.
- We know that the rain will become more intense and more frequent with climate change. But we only think it happens to others, never to ourselves, says Urge-Vorsatz.
In her area, large trees fell, schools were closed and power outages affected thousands.
- Our infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists, she says.
Europe needs to readjust to prepare for more extreme weather like Storm Boris which caused chaotic scenes last week. That's what Sissi Knispel de Acosta, secretary general of the European climate research alliance ECRA says to the New York Times.
- These floods are a clear reminder of the increasing threat from climate-related extreme weather events.
Professor Diana Urge-Vorsatz, vice-chairman of the UN climate panel IPCC, lives just outside Vienna in Austria. When a friend warned her about Storm Boris and urged her to keep supplies at home for several days, she did not follow the advice.
- We know that the rain will become more intense and more frequent with climate change. But we only think it happens to others, never to ourselves, says Urge-Vorsatz.
In her area, large trees fell, schools were closed and power outages affected thousands.
- Our infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists, she says.
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Wroclaw's residents crouch before rising water levels
Poland's third largest city, Wroclaw, is preparing for increased water levels, writes Reuters. Soldiers and volunteers have built sandbag embankments around the city after days of heavy flooding in central Europe.
During the night, the city was hit by a tidal wave that many had been waiting for in recent days, but initially no major damage was reported, according to the news agency.
Reuters speaks to Agnieszka Popow-Wozniak, 44, who has been cycling through the city. She says the situation looks a little better.
- There are no floods in the city center at the moment [...] it looks positive.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said at a meeting with the crisis team that it is too early to relax.
- It is too early to say that the flooding in Wroclaw is over.
Poland's third largest city, Wroclaw, is preparing for increased water levels, writes Reuters. Soldiers and volunteers have built sandbag embankments around the city after days of heavy flooding in central Europe.
During the night, the city was hit by a tidal wave that many had been waiting for in recent days, but initially no major damage was reported, according to the news agency.
Reuters speaks to Agnieszka Popow-Wozniak, 44, who has been cycling through the city. She says the situation looks a little better.
- There are no floods in the city center at the moment [...] it looks positive.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said at a meeting with the crisis team that it is too early to relax.
- It is too early to say that the flooding in Wroclaw is over.
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The storm hits Italy: "The river has exploded"
People are being evacuated from their homes in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy where storm Boris has now reached. Corriera di Bologna has published videos showing heavily flooded roads and water washing into buildings.
- The situation is serious, the river has exploded, says the mayor Jader Dardi in Modigliana, a few miles southeast of Bologna, according to The Guardian.
The highest weather warning, red, has been issued for several regions and extends down to the coast towards the Adriatic Sea, where, among other things, the seaside resort of Rimini is located, writes TT.
Storm Boris has wreaked havoc as it swept through countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Romania over the past week.
People are being evacuated from their homes in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy where storm Boris has now reached. Corriera di Bologna has published videos showing heavily flooded roads and water washing into buildings.
- The situation is serious, the river has exploded, says the mayor Jader Dardi in Modigliana, a few miles southeast of Bologna, according to The Guardian.
The highest weather warning, red, has been issued for several regions and extends down to the coast towards the Adriatic Sea, where, among other things, the seaside resort of Rimini is located, writes TT.
Storm Boris has wreaked havoc as it swept through countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Romania over the past week.
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