Lapland, Finland is bracing for the worst spring flooding in 20 years, with the highest flood levels in the country's history predicted to hit the region's largest city of Rovaniemi. The Finnish Environment Institute's leading hydrologist, Bertel Vehvilainen, says that current data point to the worst flooding in 20 years, with warm temperatures setting spring thaws in motion. The situation has been attributed to the rapid change in temperatures and record amounts of snow in Lapland this winter. Water levels in the eastern region of Saimaa are also expected to rise this spring, putting thousands of summer cottages at risk of flooding.