A resident and his dog are evacuated from his flooded house in Jesenik. Study shows extreme rainfall made twice as likely by planet-heating pollution as EU promises €10bn in aid Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of heavy rain in Europe in September Jarmila Šišmová did not know what to expect when rain began to pound the small town of Litovel in the Czech Republic , and she was not prepared for the nightmare that would await her once it stopped. The authorities told Šišmová to leave her home, so she took her children to their grandmother to wait out the storm. As the water level rose, a neighbour – one of the few on her street who stayed behind – checked the front of the house and saw the sandbags holding firm. But from the back, Šišmová would soon find out, the flood had burst into the building, drenching her belongings in dirty brown water. “It was devastating for me,” said Šišmová, a sales manager and single mother of three, gesturing to a skip full of furniture, clothes and toys. “We’re getting rid of everything.” Stories like Šišmová’s are being echoed around the world. The Czech Republic sat at the centre of a storm that has killed two dozen people across central Europe and prompted the EU to promise €10bn in aid to flood-stricken countries. It came as torrential rains swept through parts of Africa and Asia, triggering inundations that have killed more than 1,000 people. The UK was also hit by downpours on Monday, with more than a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours in some parts of the country. People on a flooded road in Maiduguri, Nigeria, last week. Photograph: Ahmed Kingimi/Reuters The extreme levels of rain in Europe were made twice as likely by planet-heating pollution, […]