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New IPCC report addresses risks of extreme events and disasters: It is "virtually certain" that warm weather extreme events will become more frequent this century, according to a new summary report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November. In order to explore ways of adapting to heatwaves and other extreme events potentially exacerbated in future by climate change, the IPCC has brought together a range of scientific and professional expertise.
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Nuclear accident in Japan: where to get up-to-date information: Following the massive earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, a number of explosions and fires took place at the reactor buildings of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan declared a state of alert and reported leaks of radioactive material. Given the magnitude and the global dimension of the disaster, Japanese authorities and the international community are following the situation very closely. A series of sources provide the public with up-to-date information on the accident's possible impacts on Europe's environment as well as radiation measurements across Europe.
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Number of fires and burnt areas from 1980 to 2002 in the five EU Mediterranean Member States: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Number of landslides reported in Italy (1998-2001): Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Number of reported deaths and minimum and maximum temperature in Paris during the heatwave in summer 2003: Notes: Reported deaths (bars on left axis), temperature (lines, right axis).
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Number of reported extreme weather events and wildfire: 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.
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Occurrence of major natural disasters (1998-2002): Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Overall and insured losses from weather disasters in Europe 1980-2007: The figure shows the overall and insured losses from weather disasters in Europe 1980-2007
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Population density and number of deaths from major earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean (1998-2002): Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Population exposed to droughts in Europe (1980-2000): Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs