Like most countries in the world today, Germany faces extreme weather due to climate change from global warming. In 2013, low-pressure areas over central Europe and parts of Germany brought monsoon-like rainfall that was almost unseen over half a century ago. In 2014, the early summer in this country was unnaturally warm and the month of August was unnaturally cold. These changes in temperature are a sure sign that the climate is drastically changing. But the biggest concern to German citizens is the recent boughts of flooding they have been experiencing. The floodings have caused thousands of dollars worth of damage and pose a risk to health and safety. Germany’s normal weather patterns are temperate and there are usually no extremely low or high temperatures, but this has slowly been changing over the past couple of years. This country does not experience too much in the way of tsunamis or cyclones, and the only main concern here is the flooding and damage (such as sinkholes) caused by extreme rain that does occasionally occur.

Nicola, Stefan. Germany Faces Extreme Weather as Climate Change Brings Rain. Bloomberg. September 14, 2014. Retrieved from: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-09-15/germany-faces-extreme-weather-as-climate-change-brings-rains