HIGH WATERS IN SLOVENIA IN 2007

Authors

  • Janez Polajnar Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor, Agencija RS za okolje, Ljubljana

Abstract

The Nobel prize for peace was given to a group of scientists investigating the possible effects of climate change in 2007, when catastrophic flooding in Slovenia occurred. Six people died during the floods, and water changed the shape of some mountainous regions. The hydrological situation in 2007 was similar to the stated definition of the possible effects of climate change on the water cycle. High waters with record discharges occurred in late summer, with torrents flooding even in areas where floods are rare and hydrological drought was significant. High waters in 2007 show us how fragile and vulnerable modern society is in comparison with the force of nature. Similar floods occurred in the past, but everything indicates that society of that time was better adjusted to such natural phenomena.

References

Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje, Interno informacijsko gradivo o hidroloških razmerah 2007.

Uprava RS za zaščito in reševanje, Center za obveščanje Republike Slovenije, Dnevni informativni bilten 2007.

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Published

19-01-2024

Issue

No. 22 (2008): Ujma

Section

Natural and other disasters in Slovenia

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