Oder flood of 1997

E150839

flood historical event natural disaster

The Oder flood of 1997 was a catastrophic Central European flood that devastated large areas of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, causing widespread damage and loss of life along the Oder River basin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Central European flood of 1997	1
Oder flood of 1997 canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flood ⓘ historical event ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oder flood of 1997 ⓘ surface form: Central European flood of 1997 Millennium Flood ⓘ
areaAffected	Brandenburg ⓘ Frankfurt (Oder) ⓘ Kłodzko Valley ⓘ Lower Silesia ⓘ Oder River delta ⓘ surface form: Odra estuary Opole ⓘ Opole Voivodeship ⓘ Racibórz ⓘ Silesia ⓘ Szczecin ⓘ Wrocław ⓘ eastern Germany ⓘ southwestern Poland ⓘ western Poland ⓘ
cause	intense summer storms ⓘ prolonged heavy rainfall ⓘ saturated river basin soils ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryAffected	Czech Republic ⓘ Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ
countryMostAffected	Poland ⓘ
deaths	about 114 ⓘ
deathsInPoland	about 55 ⓘ
displacedPeople	over 100000 ⓘ
economicDamage	billions of US dollars ⓘ
economicDamageInPoland	several billion US dollars ⓘ
endTime	1997-08 ⓘ
floodPeakLocation	Kłodzko ⓘ Opole ⓘ Wrocław ⓘ
mainRiver	Oder River ⓘ
notableFeature	extensive levee failures ⓘ large-scale evacuations ⓘ record water levels on the Oder River ⓘ
partOf	history of floods in Europe ⓘ
pointInTime	1997 ⓘ
regionAffected	Central Europe ⓘ
result	enhanced Polish–German–Czech flood management cooperation ⓘ introduction of improved flood warning systems ⓘ major reconstruction of flood defenses ⓘ
riverBasinAffected	Odra River basin ⓘ surface form: Oder River basin
significance	one of the most destructive floods in Central Europe in the 20th century ⓘ
startTime	1997-07 ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Oder flood of 1997 was a catastrophic Central European flood that devastated large areas of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, causing widespread damage and loss of life along the Oder River basin.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oder River → notableEvent → Oder flood of 1997 ⓘ

Oder flood of 1997 → alsoKnownAs → Oder flood of 1997 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central European flood of 1997