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“Now, however, researchers say the flood was not an isolated event.”
“They determined that a series of 16 floods occurred between late 1341 and 1343.”
““It’s like taking the last five extreme flood events over the last 20 years and having them all happen within two years.” Did you know?”
“Vienna University of Technology The findings could also offer valuable lessons for understanding extreme weather today, the researchers say.”
“At the time of the historic flooding, Europe was experiencing a broader transition toward the colder conditions associated with the Little Ice Age .”
“Today, however, researchers think that natural climate factors may have caused the floods.”
“Mary Magdalene’s flood, is considered one of the worst natural disasters to strike Central Europe in the past 1,000 years.”
“Thousands of people died in the catastrophic incident, which also destroyed bridges, settlements and crops.”
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“The findings also underscore the idea that severe floods don’t necessarily occur in isolation.”
““This is a massive cycle of floods,” Ellen Arnold , an environmental historian at Ohio State University who was not involved with the research, tells Science ’s Julia Vaz.”
““We recognize that flood events and the mechanisms that generate them are not always independent,” says study co-author Neil Macdonald , a geographer at the University of Liverpool, in a statement .”
“Centuries Ago, Europeans Were Plagued by Constant Flooding, With 16 Major Events That Killed Thousands Over the Course of Just Three Years When researchers went looking for information about the legendary Magdalena Flood, they were surprised to discover that it was just one of many extreme weather events that ravaged the region in the early 1340s Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent August 24, 2026 12:43 p.m.”