1910 European floods

June 1910 flooding in Europe July 2021 July 2021 1910 European floods File:ETH-BIB-Hochwasser 14.VI.1910, Luzern, Tramwagen im Wasser-Dia 247-F-00016.tif Postcard of the flooding in Lucerne on June 14, 1910 Mid-June 1910 Austria-HungaryBelgiumGerman EmpireSerbiaSwitzerland 1200+ ~200 in Germany ~1000 in Hungary 26 in Switzerland 35 in Serbia The 1910 European floods were a series of floods that struck Central Europe in mid-June 1910. The flooding was the result of several days of heavy rains, and resulted in severe flooding to the Ahr River in Germany, which killed up to 200 people in the Ahr Valley. The town of Schuld was particularly hard hit where at least 50 people were reported to have been killed after a bridge gave way during the flooding. Reports from the time also claimed that almost every bridge in the valley was destroyed by the flooding.https://news.hrvh.org/veridian/cgi-bin/senylrc?a=d&d=kingstondaily19100614.2.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- 200 LIVES LOST IN AHR VALLEY 2021-07-19 June 14, 1910 Kingston Daily Freeman 1 Cologne, Germany The rains also resulted in flooding in Switzerland, where at least 26 people were reported to have been killed around Lake Lucerne. Flooding was reported in Lucerne and Zürich where the city electric lighting systems were compromised.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10066000 GREAT FLOOD DISASTERS -- SWISS TOWNS INUNDADTED. -- DAMAGE IN HUNGARY. -- ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST. -- A SCHOOL SWEPT AWAY. 2021-07-19 June 20, 1910 The Mercury 1 London, United Kingdom The worst human loss, however was reported in the Kingdom of Hungary, where over 1,000 people were reported killed, which was reported as "exceeding all records".https://www.newspapers.com/image/78690862 Thousand Lives Lost in Hungarian Floods 2021-07-19 June 19, 1910 Los Angeles Times 3 Vienna, Austria Elsewhere severe flooding also occurred in Austria-Hungary, Belgium, and the Kingdom of Serbia.https://www.nytimes.com/1910/06/16/archives/havoc-by-floods-in-central-europe-germany-austria-switzerland.html HAVOC BY FLOODS IN CENTRAL EUROPE; Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and Servia Suffer Severely. VILLAGES WASHED AWAY Communications Cut -- More Loss of Life -- Worse Floods Expected Owing to Melting of Snow 2021-07-19 June 16, 1910 New York Times 5 Berlin, Germany Serbia, in particular, saw severe flooding on the Great Morava river, which resulted in severe damage to cities such as Jagodina, as well as an additional 35 fatalities.https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/ndhi_deering_ver01/data/sn85042373/00212475853/1910061501/1421.pdf MANY LIVES LOST IN RIVER FLOOD -- Moravia River Has Carried Devastation to the People of the Valley 2021-07-19 June 15, 1910 The Evening Times 1 Belgrade, Serbia References Category:June 1910 in Europe Category:1910 natural disasters Category:1910s floods Category:20th-century floods in Europe Category:1910 disasters in Europe