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a. Torrential rains and swollen rivers have caused chaos across central and Eastern

Europe, while a massive heatwave in southern Europe has helped reduce the Portuguese

woodland to tinder. Tens of thousands of people face a massive relief operation as the

extent of the devastation slowly becomes clear. The death toll continues to mount

steadily across the continent. The latest estimate puts the number since mid – August

2005 at over 150. “Unfortunately, we are expecting the number of victims to rise by the

hour,’ said Romanian interior minister Vasile Blaga.

b. Though the heatwave persists in Portugal and Spain, forest fires in Portugal have been

brought under control. By, 26 August 2005, the waters began to recede across Germany

and the Czech Republic, the countries hardest hit by the floods. The situation also

improved in Croatia, Austria, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia. But some areas of

Switzerland and Germany remained on alert.

c. Huge damages were reported from all over Europe. Thousands of people had to be

evacuated from their homes. Many villages were abandoned in Portugal, while

helicopters were used in Switzerland and Austria to airlift people from flooded houses

and landslides. The flood’s worst impact was along the Danube, Morava, and Elbe rivers

and their tributaries. Dresden in Germany was one of the hardest hit.

d. Germany puts the damages at around the US $14 billion, but the German state of Saxony

alone puts its own costs at around the US $16 billion. Austria quotes a clean-up bill of the

US $2 billion, and the Czech Republic of US $3 billion. But all these figures are

speculative. What is disturbing is that relief operations appear stretched. In Germany,

only US $200 per adult is currently available from both the EU and the government.

e. The reason behind the bedlam is the jet stream, high – speed winds usually found just

below the tropopause, which drives the depressions and fronts that affect the weather.

Usually found between 7,620 meters (m) and 13,716 m altitude, it flows eastwards at

speeds up to 200 miles per hour around the Earth. It is formed when cold air from th


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