"The scale of the disaster can be reduced if the authorities prepare thoroughly," Semyonov said in a conversation with the "360" TV channel.
According to studies, this is due to the warming of the Mediterranean Sea, from where such cyclones often come, which carry more moisture, which leads to heavy precipitation.
“Already now we need to realize the scale of possible disasters, the amount of precipitation and prepare the infrastructure: river beds, storm sewers, and so on,” the climatologist summed up.
Earlier it became known that the death toll from floods in western Germany increased to 163.