More Words, Deeper Hole

And even with this long history, we've been surprised a couple of times around the turn of the century as our rivers flooded due to huge excess melting of ice layers in the Alps at unexpected times.

That's the danger we're most worried at the moment, unexpected flash floods, wetter winters more prone to flooding, having to find ways to make room for more frequently swollen rivers.

Luckily, there's a plan for this.

But this does eats billions of euros and not every low lying country prone to flooding is rich enough to pay for these measures. What about Egypt, or Bangladesh, or Louisiana?