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European Floods 2021
The Ahr Valley, before disaster, looked like hundreds of other river landscapes in Europe—picturesque, prosperous, and predictable. But beneath that calm, an old danger waited, ignored by the everyday routines of modern life. Could a place so orderly really be so vulnerable?In the days before July's flood, western Germany and Belgium seemed to embody security. Vineyards climbed the hills. Bridges crossed the river at measured intervals. Towns like Schuld and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler were built close to water, their cellars, roads, and rail lines hugging the Ahr’s narrow channel. The river was…
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