Slovenia got hit by lethal flash floods and pouring landslides in August, destroying hundreds of houses and flooding thousands more - but only six people died. How is that possible?!
In this new episode of “Done Differently”, we look at Slovenia’s “disaster subculture”, huge network of volunteer firefighters ready to save their communities, and how tight national coordination kicks in when there’s an emergency to handle - and investigate how that helped prevent deaths. With climate change fuelling ever more extreme weather events in Europe, disasters like this one will keep hitting Europe in the future - and worse. What can other countries do differently to save people as fast as possible when disaster hits?
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 How badly did the floods hit Slovenia?
00:46 Locals’ experiences of flooding in the Gorénjska region
01:49 The case of the 2021 flooding of the Ahrtal Valley in Germany
02:01 What is Slovenia’s “disaster subculture”?
03:10 The role of volunteer firefighters in almost every village
04:51 From standby to activated: the National Emergency Plan
05:42 Prevention failure
06:21 Can other countries learn anything from Slovenia?
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