St. Mary Magdalene's flood

Ambaliyar Ruwan St. Mary Magdalene (Jamus: Magdalenenhochwasser / Magdalenenflut) ita ce ambaliya mafi girma da aka yi rikodin a tsakiyar Turai Without taking the storm surges on the North Sea coasts into accounttare da matakan ruwa fiye da na ambaliyar Turai ta shekarar 2002. Ya faru ne a kusa da ranar idin St. Mary Magdalene, 22 ga watan Yuli a shekarar 1342.

Bayan wucewar ƙasa ta Genoa, kogunan Rhine, Moselle, Main, Danube, Weser, Werra, Unstrut, Elbe, Vltava da magudanan ruwansu sun mamaye manyan wurare. Garuruwa da yawa irin su Cologne, Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Würzburg, Regensburg, Passau da Vienna sun lalace sosai. Ko kogin Eider da ke arewacin Hamburg ya mamaye ƙasar da ke kewaye. Yankin da abin ya shafa ya kai Carinthia da arewacin Italiya.

Ya bayyana cewa bayan tsawan lokacin zafi da bazara, ruwan sama ya ci gaba da gudana, yana ɗaukar kwanaki da yawa a jere kuma ya kai fiye da rabin matsakaicin hazo na shekara. Tun da busasshiyar ƙasa ba ta iya ɗaukar irin wannan adadin ruwa ba, kwararowar da ke saman saman ta kwashe ɗimbin ƙasa mai albarka tare da haifar da ambaliyar ruwa da ta lalata gidaje, masana'anta da gadoji. A birnin Würzburg, an yi wa wata babbar gadar dutse mai suna Steinerne Brücke ( gadar Dutse), kuma a birnin Cologne an ce wani kwale-kwalen  na iya wuce katangar birnin.Har yanzu dai ba a san takamaiman adadin wadanda suka mutu ba, amma ana kyautata zaton a yankin Danube kadai, mutane 6,000 ne suka mutu. Har yanzu ana iya lura da sakamakon zaizayarwa a yau. Ƙaƙƙarfan ƙasƙan ƙasa a cikin wannan ɗan gajeren lokaci ('yan kwanaki) an ƙaddara ya zama fiye da metric tons biliyan 13,  juzu'in da aka wanke a ƙarƙashin yanayin yanayi na yau da kullum a cikin shekarun 2,000.

Ana kyautata zaton cewa asarar ƙasa mai albarka ta haifar da raguwar noma mai tsanani. Bugu da kari, damina mai zuwa sun kasance jika da sanyi, ta yadda jama'a suka yi fama da yunwa mai yaduwa. Ko bazuwar Mutuwar Baƙar fata tsakanin 1348 zuwa 1350, kashe aƙalla kashi ɗaya bisa uku na al'ummar Turai a tsakiyar Turai, sun sami sauƙaƙar  yanayin rauni na yawan jama'a wani lamari ne na tattaunawa.

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 Jürg Luterbacher, Flutkatastrophen in Zentraleuropa, 2003
 Das Hochwasser von 1342  Umweltamt Würzburg
 Das Magdalenenhochwasser im Sommer 1342 Website Undine