Europe has just experienced its hottest August on record. The water levels of the Rhine, one of the most important shipping lanes in the world, slumps to lowest point since 2018, and pressure mounts on transport companies to adapt. Is this an anomaly or the new norm?
By Peter Yeung, Michael Schaper, head of Hamburg’s storm surge security team, gestures to a road that passes over a nearby bridge and across the harbourside HafenCity district. “Do you see how it gradually rises?” he says. “The fact that the street level is just a few meters higher over there means it will be flood-protected for the next century.”
Mindestens 180 Menschen haben in den Fluten Mitte Juli in Deutschland ihr Leben verloren. Mit steigenden Temperaturen werden solche Extremwetterereignisse häufiger auftreten, bestätigen Forscher.
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