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Wikipedia: In August 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. While no single cause was ever identified for the rains that caused the flooding, the effects of El Niño are believed to be one of the causes although others disagree. The floods started with heavy rainfall in the Eastern Alps, which resulted in floods in Northern Italy, Bavaria and the Austrian states of Salzburg and Upper Austria.
![[Flood damage in the Karlin district of Prague.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Karlin_s.jpg "Flood damage in the Karlin district of Prague.")
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![[Floods in Dresden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Schillergarten_Dresden_August_2002_s.jpg "Floods in Dresden")
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