Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The St. Mary Magdalene Flood 1342 was part of 16 major European floods that struck within less than two years. (CREDIT: ...

New research involving the University of Liverpool has provided comprehensive insights into the largest flood event in Europe over the past millennium—the flood traditionally known as "St. Mary ...

St. Mary Magdalene’s flood of 1342 was among the most catastrophic natural disasters in Medieval Europe. New research sheds further light on why the flood was so damaging—namely, because it followed a ...

As the European Commission is preparing a new EU Directive on flood risk management, WWF asks that lessons be learnt from the repeated catastrophic flood events across Europe. Brussels, Belgium As the ...

・Europe’s famous 1342 St. Mary Magdalene’s Flood was part of a much larger disaster, with 16 major floods striking the continent from 1341 through 1343. ・Volcanic eruptions, shrinking Arctic sea ice ...

Europe’s infamous St. Mary Magdalene’s Flood of 1342 was not one isolated catastrophe. It was the most destructive part of a nearly two-year chain of floods that repeatedly struck the continent from ...