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The floods
How the climate emergency is changing Europe
17 April 2024
The tragic death of Maureen Gilbert: why did a much-loved mother die in her flooded home?
Last year, Storm Babet tore through Chesterfield in Derbyshire, an at-risk town that had been hit before. Could the devastation have been avoided?
10 April 2024
The German valley that was swept away: ‘The cemeteries gave up their dead’
When the Ahr River burst its banks in 2021, 188 people died and whole villages and towns were destroyed. Could it all happen again?
3 April 2024
The life and death of Rosa Reichel: the brilliant girl who was swept away
She was just 15 and her friends couldn’t save her from the rising waters. For her family and everyone in this flooded region of Belgium, nothing will ever be the same again
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