Number of reported extreme weather events and wildfire

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Created : Oct 05, 2012 Published : Nov 12, 2012 Last modified : Nov 30, 2012 10:50 AM

Topics: Environment and health ,

This figure shows the yearly number of extreme weather events (cold, storm, flood and wet mass movement, heat wave, wildfire, drought and drymass movement dry) in EEA member and collaborating countries in the period 1980 - 2011.

This is the latest published version. .

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/number-of-reported-climate-related/hh02_number_of_climate_related_disasters.eps/image_original

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Last upload:

05 Oct 2012

Dynamic

Temporal coverage:

1980-2011

Tags:

climate | human health | disaster

Geographical coverage:

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Albania Austria Azores, Portugal Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canary Islands, Spain Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom

Methodology:

Aggregation of reported numbers from EmDAT in selected countries to yearly totals.

Units:

number of events

Rights:

EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe).

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World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe)