I read somewhere that all of this flooding was done on purpose because of the amount of Nuclear Reactors are along the river & that this was all pre-planned.

For the life of me, I can't remember where I read (or watched a video) this. If anyone else knows what I'm talking about, please post.

But as another poster mentioned, this could also be related to what's going on with the sun. That's another theory that we should keep in mind.