Europe Was Hit by 16 Major Floods in Less Than Two Years

One of medieval Europe’s most infamous natural disasters has turned out to be part of something far larger. The catastrophic St. Mary Magdalene Flood of July 1342 has long dominated accounts of extreme flooding during the Middle Ages, particularly across Germany and the major river systems of Central Europe. A reconstruction published in Nature now […] The post Europe Was Hit by 16 Major Floods in…