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In 2002, torrential rains caused the Elbe to flood above its normal height, i. e. even higher than the old record height from 1845, damaging many landmarks ( See 2002 European flood ).
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2002 and torrential
In August 2002, torrential rain flooded out the low-level stations from through to for a number of weeks.
That year, despite being held to the lowest WAFL score between 1946 and 2002 by Perth in torrential rain and genuine darkness at the WACA, the Royals won fourteen of their nineteen games and beat South Fremantle twice.
2002 and rains
Spring rains the following year flushed the re-formed sandbar out to sea, but it returned in the summer of 2002.
After heavy rains in May 2002, a collapse of the 1776 excavation shaft caused a hole to form in the top of the hill.
In the later phases of construction, the new freeway extended to near Peiraiôs Avenue when heavy rains delayed the construction in mid and late 2002, one in mid-July, and about three in September.
In August 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
* Tropical Storm Boris ( 2002 ), dumped heavy rains on sections of the Mexican coast
On July 2, 2002, heavy rains from Tropical Storm Chataan caused more than thirty landslides that killed forty-seven people and injured dozens others, in the state's deadliest weather disaster.
In 2002, after the phenomenon of global dimming was discovered, a CSIRO study suggested that the drought was likely caused by air pollution generated in Eurasia and North America, which changed the properties of clouds over the Atlantic ocean, disturbing the monsoons and shifting the tropical rains southwards.
Thousands were evacuated from their homes ; the rains were the worst flooding to hit Europe since the 2002 floods.
In the country, Fengshen dropped heavy rainfall and produced heavy rains, causing mudslides and leaving $ 4 million (¥ 475 million 2002 JPY ), in crop damage.
2002 and caused
Disorders of the heart lead to heart disease and cardiovascular disease and they lead to a significant number of deaths: cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and caused 29. 34 % of all deaths in 2002.
The policies caused Malaysia's economy to rebound by 2002, but brought disagreement between Mahathir and his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, who backed the IMF policies.
The contested 2001 presidential elections in which then-mayor of Antananarivo, Marc Ravalomanana, eventually emerged victorious, caused a seven-month standoff in 2002 between supporters of Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka.
Since then, wind and wave erosion have caused the island to steadily diminish in size: as of 2002, its surface area was.
Low commodity prices and economic difficulties in Uruguay's main export markets, first in Brazil with the devaluation of the real then in Argentina in 2002, caused a severe recession — the economy contracted by 11 %, unemployment climbed to 21 % and the percentage of Uruguayans in poverty rose to over 30 %.
The economy grew steadily for most of Sanguinetti's term until low commodity prices and economic difficulties in its main export markets caused a recession in 1999, which has continued into 2002.
In the first four years of the Chávez presidency, the economy grew at first ( 1999 – 2001 ), then contracted from 2001-2003 to GDP levels similar to 1997, at first because of low oil prices, then because of the turmoil caused by the 2002 coup attempt and the 2002-2003 business strike.
The drop in the petroleum sector was caused by adherence to the OPEC quota established in 2002 and the virtual cessation of exports during the PdVSA-led Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003.
Determining the nature of the planet has not been straightforward ; a 2002 paper hypothesizes that the lumps are caused by a roughly Jupiter-mass planet on an eccentric orbit.
However, coalitions ruled between 1991 and 2002, mainstream parties continued to be fragmented and as a serious side effect, the 2002 elections caused 45 % of votes ( cast for below-threshold parties ) to be unrepresented in the parliament.
In 2002, disputes within the FPÖ resulting from losses in state elections caused the resignation of several FPÖ government members and a collapse of the government.
In August 2002 a flood of the Vltava killed several people and caused massive damage and disruption along its length.
He died on 27 March 2002, as a result of pneumonia, secondary to immobility caused by the palsy, in Plainfield, New Jersey.
The 1947 act has been modified several times with the addition of new cabinet positions, but the creation of the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2002 caused controversy that delayed its secretary being placed in the succession order.
Cross-border service was available until 2002, when floods and landslides, which frequently caused delays along the route, caused serious damage to the tracks on the Chinese side.
A powerful earthquake in January 2002 caused extensive damage in the capital and surrounding areas.
and Ho, A. T. K., ( 2002 ) " Effects of navigation speed on the level of cybersickness caused by an immersive virtual environment ".
The arrest warrant case of 2002 was caused by the application of Belgium's so called genocide law, providing for universal jurisdiction over the gravest international crimes.
A representative of Israel's Chamber of Commerce has estimated the cumulative economic damage caused by the crisis at 150 to 200 billion Shekels, or 35 to 45 billion US $ – against an annual GDP of 122 billion dollars in 2002.
In April 2002, he was at the head of an activist group arriving in the West Bank to protest the massive Israeli Army operation conducted at that time that caused many civilian Palestinian casualties (" Operation Defensive Shield " in official Israeli terminology ).
That incident, plus injuries to the lineup including Brad Richards and Sergei Zubov caused the Stars to tailspin to a 12th place finish, and the first missed playoffs for Dallas since 2002.
2002 and Elbe
Elbe Flood in April 2006: Dresden is often endangered by manageable floods while disastrous events as in 2002 or 1845 are not likely to happen twice within a hundred years.
Unknown amounts of dioxins were flushed into the Elbe and Mulde rivers during the 2002 European flood, contaminating the soils.
When the Elbe flooded in 2002, the building suffered heavy water damage.
The largest disaster control action took place in August 2002 after the severe flooding of the Elbe river in eastern Germany.
Pirna was particularly badly hit by the flooding of the Elbe in 2002.
Bad Schandau was badly hit by the flooding of the Elbe in the years 1845, 2002 and 2006.
2002 and flood
It was closed until September 15, 2002 for removal of debris, structural repairs, and restoration of the track beds, which had suffered flood damage in the aftermath of the collapse.
A new area showing commercial promise is domestic robots, with a flood of small vacuuming robots beginning with iRobot and Electrolux in 2002.
A 2002 report by the French government stated the worst-case Seine flood scenario would cost 10 billion euros and cut telephone service for a million Parisians, leaving 200, 000 without electricity and 100, 000 without gas.
The Bridge in Plunketts Creek Township was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, but delisted in 2002, after washed out by a flood in 1996.
There have only been two uses of the gates thus far: the first occurring in 2002 during a major flood in the region, and the second occurring in 2003, when only two lower lying gates were closed in anticipation of rising water levels.
In 2002, a siren warning system was installed in Northampton to warn residents in the event of further flooding, and embankments and flood walls were bolstered to protect the town.
The great flood of August 2002 caused some damage to the old town, but it has been restored.
The worst flood took place in the year 2002, when the Waldersee district was nearly completely flooded.
In 2002 Lake Berzdorf, located south of Görlitz, began to flood.
In August 2002 a flood caused severe damage, that even endangered the UNESCO World Heritage Site " Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich " and the city Dessau.
* DWD ( 2002 ) El Niño preparedness for Lake Kyoga and other flood prone areas of Uganda.
This happened after a flood that devastated the local area in 2002.
In early 2002, a flood of cheap SkyNet Global 802. 11b PC card cards flooded the market.
During the millennium flood of 2002 in Dresden, it was one of the most affected areas.
In April 2002, China began providing daily water level data to the MRC during the flood season.
Flooding, which affected the district regularly and badly, no longer occurs due to flood defences built in 2002 / 03.
It has been preserved as a historical park and museum commemorating the flood, and despite a fire in 2002 remains standing today.
* Gaston ( seal ), a famous seal that escaped Prague Zoo during the flood 2002
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