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Major flood disasters in the EU, Switzerland and Norway, 1950–2009
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Created 12 Jan 2011
Published 12 Jan 2011
Last modified 28 Mar 2022
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Major flood disasters according to flood types and spatial relevance
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Methodology:
This map is based on data from Em-dat, Munich Re and Dartmouth Flood Observatory.
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Units:
Individual events
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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: Joint Research Centre (JRC).
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Owners:
- Joint Research Centre (JRC)
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Processors:
- Joint Research Centre (JRC)
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Figure type:
- Map
Additional information
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.
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Temporal coverage
1950-2008
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/major-flood-disasters-in-the or scan the QR code.
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