Several houses in the town of Hrvatska Kostajnica in central Croatia were destroyed in a landslide on Tuesday 13 March 2018. Nobody was hurt in the incident, which was linked to flooding caused by thawing snow in the region. Landslides
are a common problem after severe weather events, as excess pore water
pressure can overcome cohesion in soil and sediments, allowing them to
flow like liquids. Approximately 90% of all landslides are caused by
heavy rainfall.
Damage caused by a landslide in Hrvatska Kostajnica, central Croatia, on 13 March 2018. AP.
Southern Europe has seen a high number of snow related
incidents this winter,
largely due to high levels of snowfall. This is, in turn caused by
warmer conditions over the Atlantic, which leads to higher rates of
evaporation over the ocean, and therefore higher rates of precipitation
over Europe, which falls as snow in cooler regions such as the Alps.
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