Major flood disasters in the EU, Switzerland and Norway, 1950–2009

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Created : Jan 12, 2011 Published : Jan 12, 2011 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:36 AM

Major flood disasters according to flood types and spatial relevance

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1950-2008

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Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

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This map is based on data from Em-dat, Munich Re and Dartmouth Flood Observatory.

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Individual events

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Large regional events are those usually affecting several river basins with flooded areas possibly extending over more than one country and producing widespread flooding. A disaster is classified as major if the number of fatalities is more than 70 and/or direct economic losses are greater than EUR 700 million as of 2009.