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Have your say: How would you rate train travel in Germany?

While Greta Thunberg and Deutsche Bahn have got involved in a war of words, it's time for you to have your say on the positives and negatives of travelling by train in Germany... and what could be improved.

Published: 16 December 2019 12:12 CET
Updated: 16 December 2019 13:21 CET
Have your say: How would you rate train travel in Germany?
A regional train in Magdeburg. Photo: DPA
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WEATHER

Denmark strikes new record for most rain in a year

Denmark on Wednesday struck a new record for the total annual precitipation, meteorologists said, noting that further increases in annual rain and snowfall could be expected in future years as a result of climate change.

Published: 20 December 2023 15:44 CET
Denmark strikes new record for most rain in a year

The annual tally of snow and rainfall as of Wednesday was over 907 millimeters (35.7 inches), national meteorological institute DMI said with over a week left in the year.

The previous record since measurements started in 1874 was 905mm, a level reached in 1999 and 2019.

On average, the Scandinavian country sees around 760mm of precipitation annually, but this could increase.

“The warming from anthropogenic climate change gradually also leads to increased precipitation in Denmark,” Rasmus Anker Pedersen, a climate scientist at DMI, told AFP.

According to Pedersen, by the end of the century, annual precipitation is expected to increase by seven percent.

“The change is not uniform over the year — we do not expect a substantial change in the summer precipitation amounts, while the winter precipitation will increase by 12 percent.

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