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Annual economic damage caused by weather- and climate-related extreme events in the EU Member States

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For the purpose of this indicator, weather and climate-related extreme events are defined as meteorological events (storms, mass movements), hydrological events (floods) and climatological events (heatwaves, cold waves, droughts, forest fires). Total economic damages, in EUR billion (2021 values), are based on records from Catastrophe Database (CATDAT) provided by RiskLayer (dataset url is not available) and Eurostat structural indicators.

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Methodology:: Based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer GmbH and the Eurostat structural indicators
Units:: Billion EUR (2021 euros)
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 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: RiskLayer.
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