>€926 million (2011 Euro) >$1.25 billion (2011 USD)[1][2]
The 2011 floods in Europe, were caused by a series of storms in the fall, including Cyclone Meeno[3][4] and Tropical Storm Rolf.[5][6][1] The floods occurred in late October–early November in Spain, France, Italy, and Ireland. In Italy, the River Po rose 4 m (13 ft) in Turin and a number of people (including two children) died in Genoa.[7]Astate of emergency in the Italian regions of Liguria and Tuscany was declared after floods killed 10 people on 27 October, causing mudslides.[7][8] In Ireland, a state of emergency was declared in Dublin three days before.[9]
Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed during sudden flash floods around the country.[9]Dublin City Council declared a major emergency. Dundrum Town Centre in Dublin, one of Europe's biggest shopping centres, was evacuated shortly before 8 pm on 24 October 2011 after floodwaters surged through the doors, destroying most stores. The owner of a Mexican restaurant in the complex said five-feet of water had rushed down steps towards his business, causing thousands of euro worth of damage.[10] Roads around County Dublin and County Wicklow remained shut the following day.[11]
Two deaths were reported in the country during October.[12][13] Cecilia De Jesus, a 58-year-old Filipino care worker who had recently become an Irish citizen, drowned in her basement flat on Parnell Road, Harold's Cross, Dublin. She had only recently moved into the flat.[14] Her body was discovered after emergency services pumped the water out.[15] The other death was Ciaran Jones, a member of the Garda Síochána who was swept into the River Liffey at Ballysmuttan Bridge in Manor Kilbride, County Wicklow.[9][16]TaoiseachEnda Kenny and TánaisteEamon Gilmore paid tribute to the dead.[17]
In Northern Ireland, 18 people, including two children, were rescued by boat in Beragh, County Tyrone, with a new £1 million GAA centre sustaining damage. Newry, Omagh and Strabane were also badly hit.[18]
According to Met Éireann, a rainfall of up to 85 mm (3.3 in), equal to an average month's norm, fell across the Dublin area within three hours.[12] There was record rainfall at Casement Aerodrome.[19]
The city of Genoa sustained flash floods that erupted when 356 millimetres of rain fell in six hours on 4 November. About six people died.[7] The receding waters in that city revealed heaps of overturned cars, furniture and mud dispersed across the streets. Several people were reported missing in the city.[7] According to Genoa mayor Marta Vicenzi, the floods constituted "a completely unexpected tragedy".[7] Near Pozzuoli, a tree fell on a car, killing the driver.[20] A bridge across the Pellice stream in the countryside collapsed due to rushing waters with no reported injuries.[20] Flooding also occurred in Venice.[7] The muddy water reached Cinque Terre, while the ports of Vernazza and Monterosso were swamped by hundreds of tonnes of debris and mud.[21]
Five people have been confirmed dead and one person was swept away in the river Var.[22] About 750 people were evacuated from flooded areas in Fréjus, Roquebrune and Tourves.[20] The preliminary damage from floods in the south of France throughout one week has been estimated at between €550 million and €800 million.[22] About 7,500 homes in the departmentsofVar and Alpes-Maritimes lost internet or phone service on 6–7 November.[23]
^Anthony Brunain (11 November 2011). "Tempête Rolf novembre 2011" [Storm Rolf November 2011]. Meteo06.fr (in French). Meteo 06. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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