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Photos: Slovenia suffers its worst-ever floods (www.aljazeera.com)

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Published On 6 Aug 20236 Aug 2023

Devastating floods triggered by torrential rains have caused the death of at least three people in Slovenia, with estimated damage of 500 million euros ($550m).

Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Saturday that floods on Thursday and Friday were “the biggest natural disaster” in the small Alpine nation’s history.

Golob said road and energy infrastructure were hit particularly hard, as well as hundreds of homes and other buildings. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes and many had to be rescued by helicopters or firefighters in boats.

Slovenia’s army has joined the relief effort, with troops reaching cut-off areas in the north to help.

Two-thirds of the territory in the country, home to two million people, were affected, the prime minister said.

Among those who died were two Dutch climbers on Friday in the mountains near Kranj, presumably as a result of being struck by lightning, Slovenia’s STA news agency reported citing police.

Also on Friday, a woman died due to flooding in the town of Kamnik, 20km (12.5 miles) north of the capital, Ljubljana, according to the report.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen assured Slovenia of the union’s help. The damage in Slovenia was “heartbreaking”, she tweeted.

In Dravograd, near the border with Austria, 110 people, including 30 tourists, had to be brought to safety after a landslide Saturday.

The town, which lies at the confluence of three rivers – Drava, Meze and Mislinje – was at risk of another landslide.

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[–] malloc 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Terrible. These events are increasing in frequency and lasting longer due to man made climate change. Immigration is likely to skyrocket over the next decade.

Yet leaders of the world are slow rolling doing anything about it. O&G has collectively earned trillions of dollars in profits while fucking up the environment.

We need radical environmental change now. But unfortunately it appears people won’t change their collective habits (ie, heavy reliance on cars in the 🇺🇸, continued development of suburban sprawl, …)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Immigration is likely to skyrocket over the next decade.

Slovenia is one of the countries that you would expect people to migrate to. It still has a moderate climate, no severe droughts, not affected by rising sea levels (except a very small coastline), no tsunamis, no hurricanes, no typhoons... This just goes to show that there are no safe places. Doesn't matter where you live, climate change can and will have disastrous consequences for you.

The number one thing people can do is get informed about climate change, talk to others and try to get them onboard without pointing fingers. And then vote accordingly. It doesn't matter how much you recycle, ride your bike, stop flying- it won't make a dent without major policy changes.

[–] Carighan 8 points 1 year ago

Yet leaders of the world are slow rolling doing anything about it.

No wonder.

Most of them are either:

Too old to care, they'll long have died from old age on a mattress made out of gold by the time this truly turns ugly.
Too cuckoo-right-wing to understand the concept of "reality", nevermind something like climate change.

Really, without swapping out vast portions of the political landscape for younger and more personally affected people, there's no way this can ever truly find an ear.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

In the UK, our conservative government has decided that we should slow down all this net zero thing and really, it’s the motorists we should prioritise. Also oil drilling in the North Sea ffs.I can’t help by feel we’re doomed.

[–] someguy3 4 points 1 year ago

I wonder if Melania cares. Do you?