| The last summer brought an exhausting sequence of | | | | fireworks festival is doubtful; this year it was supposed |
| disasters throughout the Europe. The forest fires | | | | to be held on the Middle Rein near the city of Koblenz. |
| damaged at least a half of Europe, even the resort | | | | In Switzerland the floods have enveloped Zurich, Basel, |
| places popular among tourists. What the fire didn't | | | | Sankt- Galen and the central part of the country. The |
| manage to destroy was added by the floods. | | | | inhabitants evacuate from the villages and the tourists |
| The reason of the fires was extremely hot weather. In | | | | are being rescued from the campsites. The rivers |
| Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania the air temperature | | | | have overflown the banks; the authorities are opening |
| reached the level of +45C; more than 650 thousand | | | | the locks and dams, inundating the fields in order to |
| people passed away because of acute conditions and | | | | save the built-up area. The flood damage is now more |
| cardiac arrests as well as because of direct | | | | than 80 million dollars. |
| sunstrokes. There were about 19 thousand people | | | | At the South of Spain the tourists had to be urgently |
| hospitalized in Romania. | | | | evacuated from the campsite, they were nearly |
| In Slovakia the heat was the reason of snake invasion, | | | | washed out with the water bursting from sky. In |
| in Spain- mice invasion, which have consumed the | | | | Barcelona the activity of the local trains was |
| vegetable crop seeds in Castilla y Leon and have | | | | interrupted, particularly at the line which connects |
| reached the border of the famous wine making | | | | Barcelona with the international airport "Pratt". |
| province Rioja. | | | | The world has gone crazy. In Toscana the fires and |
| Such a burning weather became the reason of | | | | heat is exchanged into strong rains and wind followed |
| numerous fires. On the 7th of august only there were | | | | by coarse hail. In Florence was damaged the roof of |
| registered 236 large-scale ignitions, mostly in southern | | | | the Uffizi gallery. At the same period of time in Milan |
| regions. In Lazio and Toscana the forests still burn; | | | | some districts were left without electricity. The water |
| before the tourists used to walk there. In the middle of | | | | in the city rose up to 1 meter and the traffic was |
| June the fires in the resort areas of Apulia, Campania, | | | | paralyzed. |
| Calabria and Abruzzi were the reason of an urgent | | | | In Piedmont in Alps the snow fell, the temperature in |
| evacuation of approximately 4 thousand people. At | | | | the province of Cuneo was sometimes below zero |
| Sardinia and Sicilia have been evacuated at least a | | | | and in Turin after 20C fell till 12-13C. The wind was so |
| few campsites and hotels. | | | | strong that it was tearing away the house roofs and |
| During the July- August there were registered almost | | | | uprooting the trees. The great snowfall blocked the |
| 2 thousand fires. For the most part it was the North | | | | motorway №27 which connects Italy and |
| area of the country and the Peloponnese peninsula | | | | Switzerland. |
| which suffered. The fire almost got to the Affine; it | | | | At the North of France the fields are inundated, in |
| caused the evacuation of a child-camp, 5 villages and | | | | some parts the highways were cut off. At the East of |
| 2 monasteries. At the same moment due tot the heat | | | | France is the Danger of the Rein's rise- the local |
| Greece suffered from electricity interruption which | | | | authorities have declared 3 departments to be of a |
| almost led to energy crisis. | | | | high danger. |
| Till this very moment the South of France is on fire. | | | | After several weeks of heat in Romania for a couple |
| The intense smoke generation even interferes with the | | | | of days the rain just wouldn't stop. One person is |
| traffic. The city of Verdon was also captured in the | | | | perished, several are considered missing. In the resort |
| fire circle. | | | | city Constanta over 400 houses are inundated. The |
| While one part of Europe was being burnt by the sun, | | | | streets have turned into full-flowing rivers, the traffic is |
| the other part was being flooded by rains. At the end | | | | stopped. Thousands of people are left without |
| of June the heavy-showers went straight through | | | | electricity. In village areas almost all the important roads |
| England having destroyed most of communication | | | | are washed out, the bridges are destroyed. |
| cubs. In the shire of Glostershire more than 400 people | | | | On the 13th of august Bucharest was struck by a |
| were left without electricity. The flood had also | | | | huge hurricane- one person dead, 10- wounded, the |
| affected the sewerage activity. The most frightening | | | | lifesavers had to help people out of the ruins of |
| thing is that the foot-and-mouth disease began to | | | | houses. The traffic is stopped at the most significant |
| spread all over Great Britain. What will be the | | | | highways, several dozens of automobiles are |
| consequences for the country's economics- is difficult | | | | damaged. The rain shower had partially inundated |
| to predict. | | | | underground auto tunnels. |
| Last week the rains had penetrated Germany as well. | | | | In the North of Bulgaria because of the floods 5 people |
| On 11th of august only had fallen the monthly norm of | | | | died and 5 are considered missing. The rain showers |
| precipitations. The lands of Baden-Wurttemberg, | | | | were the reason for electricity interruption, damages of |
| Shelving- Goldstein, North Rein- Westville and Thuringia | | | | houses and highways. |
| and Berlin were submerged. The Berlin airport Tegel | | | | A strong rain shower caused floods at the North of |
| had interrupted its work; the Autobahn A-5 was | | | | Greece, a part of houses is heated a little, and the |
| flooded. In a series of places some of the trailers were | | | | main problems appeared in suburbs of Salonika and |
| carried away. People are evacuated from the seaside | | | | Alexandropoulos. |
| villages and campsites. On the local authorities' reports | | | | Apparently ecologists have good reasons to forebode |
| in some areas the water level is waist-high. On the | | | | the bride future for the present colder resorts. When |
| Rein the water crafts and the ferry activity is stopped; | | | | during summer all over Europe the heat will reach the |
| the traffic is also jammed along the river in the famous | | | | level of 40-50C, in northern countries the temperature |
| valley of castles. The culmination evening of the | | | | will "only" raise till 30C and all the tourists will rush there. |