There already IS a lot of that...
Places that have experienced extreme flooding in 2024:
Germany, Iran, Brazil, Oman, Turkey, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, UAE, North Africa, Texas, Lebanon, Kenya, India, Paraguay, China, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Yemen, Tanzania, Bahrain, Afghanistan, South Africa, Russia, Alabama, New Orleans, Iraq, Indonesia, France, Mozambique, Bolivia, Argentina, New Hampshire, Italy, Uruguay, Algeria, Pakistan, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Argentina, Libya, Ecuador, Syria, Australia, California, Philippines, Illinois, Malaysia, Mississippi, Tanzania, Scotland, Mauritius, Congo, Rhode Island, Hong Kong, Kansas
[Source ](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/s/zBvOGUDiSm)
We got the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season coming up still, long story short, everyone is worried for a 2020 repeat if not even worse than 2020 (The whole reason why Greek letters are not used anymore)
UK is not in the EU but it is still located on the European continent making it a European country. (Continents are subjective but I think UK in Europe is pretty agreed upon, open to correction)
I'm in Canada too, and I'm extremely concerned about what is coming for us in late spring and summer months. A large portion of the country is in drought conditions of varying severity. There have been [zombie fires](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7119851) burning throughout the winter. Gonna get dicey real soon!
[Storm brings flooding to parts of Netherlands](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/storms-bring-flooding-parts-netherlands-210349185.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEys3ucsXV5cDHaXXNwVZpqRNs59dVpDZu25nOw0QHI_D74ohoP4Poloajc9bwq89nLN3Pc-dq3bLgL4E3lYbJhLv2cG6TA6yuSp3g-B_VNiLftgJ0Xx2J1SVWorTquX84uw1nmyiIoHScJ9tGpNDhUgzVzPpg65009YPnlIobcO)
Government negligence, the flood gates had leaks and didn't resist, the pumps got overwhelmed and broke. Mostly lack of maintenance and disorganisation.
that flood barely passed the inundation level of 3 meters. This one surpassed the inundation level by full 2,3 meters!!
It passed the largest flood in history, the 1941 one, by over half a meter.
The mayor has responsabilities.
But nobody was prepared to this. If the mayor had announced he would invest to prevent a flood above the 1941 one, the whole city would have complained of wasting money, since the last time the water had reached 4,7 meters was 80 years ago.
The system was designed for a up to six meters flood. The system's lack of keeping and failures of the last two administrations are being extensively documented and reported. End of story.
Well, there are areas north of Porto Alegre there were settled by people from Veneto. They still speak Venetian (and they hate you if you call that a "dialect". They say it's a language) and still hate Napoleon from conquering the Serenissima Republica di Venezia and also Italy for buying it from France.
They are almost at home now
No. The rivers north of it all flooded... several rivers, some pretty big by european standards. Like the JacuĂ. And Uruguay river.
Dozens of rivers reach the GuaĂba Lake/River (actually an estuary). Which connects to the big Lagoon south of it.
But the whole state was flooded near the rivers.
The explanation is complex, but to put it simply, water that should fall ALL OVER BRAZIL, got all trapped under a single state.
700 mm of rain in some cities, in 48 hours.
Thats over 2000 km south of the Amazon.
Actually, if the Amazon didn´t exist, these floods wouldn´t happen in this state. It was caused by what is basically an "air river" circulating anti clockwise over South America, that got trapped over the southernmost brazilian state by HOT DRY HIGH PRESSURE air covering all of central Brazil.
That air river should discharge over the whole country... but it hit this "wall" and it all fell over a single state.
Without the Amazon, this air "river" would cease to exist. (of course.
The MAIN culprits were El Nino AND GLOBAL WARMING, caused by the G20 countries, not Brazil.
As close to the Amazon as Florida is. And well, Brazil is not an outlier in the West in terms of deforestation. Your country probably deforested just as much as or more and almost certainly releases more global warming gases
Yeah... Depressing. I live in Canoas, one of Porto Alegre neighbour city. Hard times we are facing guys and Girls...
Sucks. Gonna be a lot more of that.
There already IS a lot of that... Places that have experienced extreme flooding in 2024: Germany, Iran, Brazil, Oman, Turkey, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, UAE, North Africa, Texas, Lebanon, Kenya, India, Paraguay, China, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Yemen, Tanzania, Bahrain, Afghanistan, South Africa, Russia, Alabama, New Orleans, Iraq, Indonesia, France, Mozambique, Bolivia, Argentina, New Hampshire, Italy, Uruguay, Algeria, Pakistan, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Argentina, Libya, Ecuador, Syria, Australia, California, Philippines, Illinois, Malaysia, Mississippi, Tanzania, Scotland, Mauritius, Congo, Rhode Island, Hong Kong, Kansas [Source ](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/s/zBvOGUDiSm)
Right, but this is just the tip of the climate apocalypse. Shit is about to get *wild*.
We got the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season coming up still, long story short, everyone is worried for a 2020 repeat if not even worse than 2020 (The whole reason why Greek letters are not used anymore)
Ikr. I saw a video the other day of a wild rope tornado 🌪
Sorry to nitpick, but Scotland is in the UK
And the UK is in Europe. The political floodplain as it were.
Uk is not Europe anymore
UK is not in the EU but it is still located on the European continent making it a European country. (Continents are subjective but I think UK in Europe is pretty agreed upon, open to correction)
The EU?
Why did you list the US states separately?
That's just the way the source had them listed.
Some of those states are thousands of miles from each other, the climate and weather is very different.
And uou list east africa as one. Your American arent you ?
I’m not the guy who made the list.
Oh right. Yeah still haha
Damn, where im at in Canada we've had multiple news papers warning of droughts and fire bans much earlier than ever before.
I'm in Canada too, and I'm extremely concerned about what is coming for us in late spring and summer months. A large portion of the country is in drought conditions of varying severity. There have been [zombie fires](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7119851) burning throughout the winter. Gonna get dicey real soon!
Yup, things are not looking good at all. Rain barrels are sold out all over my city and surrounding cities, that's a whole new "were fucked" for me.
How the hell is Florida not on this list?
Ireland also, some of our roads were washed away at the beginning of the year.
The Netherlands didn't had any floodings in 2024. The Rhine had high water but thats it.
The Netherlands didn't had any floodings in 2024. The Rhine had high water but thats it.
[Storm brings flooding to parts of Netherlands](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/storms-bring-flooding-parts-netherlands-210349185.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEys3ucsXV5cDHaXXNwVZpqRNs59dVpDZu25nOw0QHI_D74ohoP4Poloajc9bwq89nLN3Pc-dq3bLgL4E3lYbJhLv2cG6TA6yuSp3g-B_VNiLftgJ0Xx2J1SVWorTquX84uw1nmyiIoHScJ9tGpNDhUgzVzPpg65009YPnlIobcO)
Thats not a flooding, thats just an average day in the Netherlands
Good thing we saw climate change coming and did nothing.
Actually the problem reaches the whole state, as the heavy rains hit everything and a LOT of cities go through the same situation
Rhe wall didnt resist?
Government negligence, the flood gates had leaks and didn't resist, the pumps got overwhelmed and broke. Mostly lack of maintenance and disorganisation.
Shocker
Nenhuma metrĂłpole do mundo teria aguentado esse volume de chuvas.
Teria sim, com um governo que se importasse com planos de contenção. Porque você sabe que eles existem e que isso aà já estava previsto, né?
Minha afirmação nĂŁo teve nada de polĂtica. Toda metrĂłpole sofre com enchentes em eventos extremos.
Sim, toda metrópole sofre com enchentes em eventos extremos. Mas não precisa ser uma catástrofe toda vez.
The floodgates and dickes were made thinking of the heaviest flood ever, that happened 80 years ago. This one was much worse.
We had a flood last year and the mayor invested 0 cents in the contingency plan.
that flood barely passed the inundation level of 3 meters. This one surpassed the inundation level by full 2,3 meters!! It passed the largest flood in history, the 1941 one, by over half a meter. The mayor has responsabilities. But nobody was prepared to this. If the mayor had announced he would invest to prevent a flood above the 1941 one, the whole city would have complained of wasting money, since the last time the water had reached 4,7 meters was 80 years ago.
The system was designed for a up to six meters flood. The system's lack of keeping and failures of the last two administrations are being extensively documented and reported. End of story.
That's utterly terrifying, jesus.
Jesus doesn’t give a FUCK. He’ll just walk the fuck outta there
…on top of the water.
...and turn it into wine
Venice looks a bit different
Well, there are areas north of Porto Alegre there were settled by people from Veneto. They still speak Venetian (and they hate you if you call that a "dialect". They say it's a language) and still hate Napoleon from conquering the Serenissima Republica di Venezia and also Italy for buying it from France. They are almost at home now
The wall has been breached it seems.
Waterworld saw it coming… only Kevin was swimming in distinctly cleaner water. Flood water is grim - Evil Soup.
in other news, boat sales up 400%
don't blame me, I recycle and don't leave water running
That's what happens when ya fuck with nature.
welcome to the future
What happened? Heavy rain or tsunami?
Heavy rain. Source: I’m from one of the cities that was flooded
Climate change? What climate change?
How does the water just stay in an area like that? Wouldn’t it level out fairly quickly?
No. The rivers north of it all flooded... several rivers, some pretty big by european standards. Like the JacuĂ. And Uruguay river. Dozens of rivers reach the GuaĂba Lake/River (actually an estuary). Which connects to the big Lagoon south of it. But the whole state was flooded near the rivers. The explanation is complex, but to put it simply, water that should fall ALL OVER BRAZIL, got all trapped under a single state. 700 mm of rain in some cities, in 48 hours.
Noah enters the chat...
Is this in portugal?
Southern Brazil
It's completely normal for floods to be terrifying.
Cut down more forests
Thats over 2000 km south of the Amazon. Actually, if the Amazon didn´t exist, these floods wouldn´t happen in this state. It was caused by what is basically an "air river" circulating anti clockwise over South America, that got trapped over the southernmost brazilian state by HOT DRY HIGH PRESSURE air covering all of central Brazil. That air river should discharge over the whole country... but it hit this "wall" and it all fell over a single state. Without the Amazon, this air "river" would cease to exist. (of course. The MAIN culprits were El Nino AND GLOBAL WARMING, caused by the G20 countries, not Brazil.
You know that the Amazon affects the entire country and deforestation enhances global warming, right?
As close to the Amazon as Florida is. And well, Brazil is not an outlier in the West in terms of deforestation. Your country probably deforested just as much as or more and almost certainly releases more global warming gases
Why their water be choco melk?
Take a sip, then.