Certain areas of Slovenia are prone to flooding, and many of these were highlighted in 2010, when over the weekend of 17 to 19 September heavy rain caused the waters to rise in Ljubljana, the Central Sava Valley, Laško, the Slovene Littoral and Lower Carniola. In all the extreme weather event impacted 60% of Slovenia’s municipalities (137 out of 212), and the total damage was estimated at more €240 million.

Source: Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Flash Floods in Slovenia, Tajan Trobec (2016). Link to full paper.

Flooding in Celje. Source: Wikimedia - Brane Petrovič & Borut Podgoršek, mors.si, public domain

Unknown location. Source: Wikimedia - mors.si, public domain

Unknown location: Source: Wikimedia - Emil Jalovec, GŠSV

Unknown location: Source: Wikimedia - mrwho00tm

Unknown location: Source: Wikimedia - mrwho00tm

Unknown location. Source: Wikimedia - mors.si, public domain

Unknown location. Source: Wikimedia - mors.si, public domain

Flooding in Litija. Source: Wikimedia - poldek_tedy CC-by-3.0

Hubelj Creek, Ajdovščina. Source: Wikimedia - Brane Petrovič & Borut Podgoršek, mors.si, public domain

Ljubljana. Source: Wikimedia - SI-ZIGA

Ljubljana. Source: Wikimedia - SI-ZIGA

Ljubljana. Source: Wikimedia - SI-ZIGA

Source: Emil Jalovec, GŠSV

Source: Wikimedia - Brane Petrovič & Borut Podgoršek, mors.si, public domain

Savinja and Laško: Source: Wikimedia - Brane Petrovič & Borut Podgoršek, mors.si, public domain