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1997 Central European flood

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1997 Central European flood


A stone in the Silesian village of Cisek, Poland in memory of the flood.

The 1997 Central European flood or the 1997 Oder Flood of the Oder River and its tributaries in July 1997 affected Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, taking lives of 105-115 people (in Czech Republic and Poland) and causing material damages estimated at $4.5 billion (3.8 billion euros in the Czech Republic and Poland and 330 million euros in Germany). The flooding first begun in the Czech Republic, then spread to Poland and Germany. In Poland, where it was one of the most disastrous floods in the history of that country,[2] it was named the Millennium Flood (Powódź tysiąclecia)[2] although the term was also used in Germany (Jahrtausendflut).[3] The flood has also been referred to as the Great Flood of 1997.[2][4]

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