Floods Wreak Havoc Across Four Continents NYT | Top Stories Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta 19 September 2024 at 02:33 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? © Filip Singer/EPA, via ShutterstockThe swollen Elbe river in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday.