Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?

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Climate change is influencing extreme weather events like the flooding across six countries that has led to mass evacuations of cities as the waters continue to rise.

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Thousands of residents of Nysa, in southern Poland, formed a human chain overnight to pass each other sandbags, building a wall along a river embankment to keep the raging waters at bay.

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At least 17 people have died and thousands have been displaced. “Relief is not expected to come before tomorrow, and more likely, the day after,” an official in Austria said.

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The city canceled all flights at its two airports and closed major attractions, amid a three-day national holiday.

At least four people died and thousands were evacuated after Yagi, one of the strongest storms to hit northern Vietnam, brought powerful winds and torrential rains.

Yagi, one of 2024’s strongest storms, hit the southern Chinese island of Hainan on Friday. It is forecast to make landfall in Vietnam on Saturday.

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This series of floods didn’t force us to leave. But the next ones might.

Hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes in a mountainous part of Sichuan Province. An expressway bridge collapsed amid heavy rains.

The storm has already left a trail of destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines, where it killed at least 15 people.

It was the second such rain-related disaster in less than three months, as extreme weather challenges the country’s extensive network of newly built expressways.

The city of Meizhou reported a “once-in-a-century” flood, with at least 38 people dying in one county alone.