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Flood warnings for 300 places in the UK… Schools closed due to overflowing dams in Germany and France
Northern Europe’s first severe cold in 25 years… “Climate change will cause more frequent fires in the summer and more frequent flooding in the winter.”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Ji-woo = Abnormal climate phenomena have continued throughout the world since the first week of the new year.
Western European countries were flooded due to heavy rain that lasted for several days, and Northern Europe was hit by a record cold wave for the first time in 25 years.
According to the New York Times (NYT), an American daily, on the 5th (local time), in the UK, about 300 flood warnings were issued across the country as of this morning due to heavy rain that had poured down overnight from the previous day.
Flood warnings have been issued in hundreds of areas, and authorities believe that rivers across the country, including parts of the Thames River passing through London, are likely to flood for about five days starting this weekend.
It’s not unusual to see rain in the UK at this time of year, but this time an unsettled storm system hit southern England, bringing massive amounts of rain.
As a result, train services were halted throughout the UK, and in London, at least 50 people were forced to evacuate after being submerged in water for four days.
Several boats were submerged at Temple Pier on the Thames River.
Residents evacuate by lifeboat from floods in France
(Arc[프랑스] AFP = Yonhap News) French firefighters are evacuating residents on lifeboats from a square in the flooded town of Arc in northern France on the 4th (local time). Northern villages that were flooded in November and December last year were submerged again, leaving hundreds of people homeless. 2024.01.05 besthope@yna.co.kr
Villages in northern France, which had already suffered heavy damage from flooding at the end of last year, were submerged again from the new year without any time to repair the damage.
In the hardest-hit northern Pas-de-Calais region, at least 20,000 households suffered flood damage, and local fire authorities received about 700 rescue calls in one week.
Although the rain had subsided for a while as of Friday the 5th, authorities warned that further rain could fall along the northern coast in the future, which could further raise river levels.
Due to concerns about river flooding, the Pas-de-Calais authorities ordered the closure of 13 schools that were scheduled to open after the holiday on the 8th, German news agency DPA reported on this day.
French government spokesman Olivier Veran told French radio that the recent repeated flooding was due to climate change, adding, “There are concerns that there will now be more fires every summer and more floods in the winter.”
In the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the military was mobilized to repair a dam embankment damaged by heavy rain.
In this area, heavy rains that continued for more than a week caused some dams to overflow, submerging villages and farmland.
A record-breaking cold wave hit Northern Europe, with temperatures dropping below minus 40 degrees Celsius.
According to the Norwegian Meteorological Agency, the temperature in Kautokaino, northern Norway, on the morning of the 5th was -43.5 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature in 25 years, DPA news agency reported.
Northern Sweden was even colder, dropping to minus 43.8 degrees Celsius that day.
This is the coldest January since 1999.
Vehicle buried in snow due to record cold spell in Sweden
(Sundvberg[스웨덴] AFP = Yonhap News) A woman is walking down a snowy street carrying a bag in Sundbyberg, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, on the 4th (local time). Recently, a record-breaking cold wave hit Northern European countries such as Finland and Sweden, causing temperatures in some areas to drop below -40 degrees Celsius. 2024.01.05 besthope@yna.co.kr
Northern European countries are suffering from the cold wave that swept through last week, with major roads closed due to ice and traffic paralyzed.
According to the local weather forecast, severe cold weather is expected to continue this weekend.
Local Norwegian media reported that as the murderous cold wave continued, the Norwegian authorities opened a shelter for the homeless to stay at the central train station in Oslo, the capital.
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