Timely preparation of flood and drought management requires. Climate change is intensifying extreme weather globally and bosnia and herzegovina is reeling from some of the most severe flooding in a decade. Over the last 20 years, flood events have occurred in 49 countries in the who european region.
Severe rainfall across northern italy and central europe, including parts of austria, bosnia and herzegovina, croatia and slovenia, has caused numerous rivers to burst their. These have caused more than 2000 deaths, other health effects, property. In the third week of august 2024, heavy rainfall and upstream water releases caused significant flooding across multiple districts in bangladesh, particularly affecting 11.
The initiators of the programme share the common understanding that rapid climate change is now a reality. Floods are the most common and most costly natural disasters in europe. Floods are often caused by heavy rainfall, rapid. They are becoming more frequent due to climate change and have devastating effects, endangering.