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

Figure Created 12 Jan 2011 Published 12 Jan 2011 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

Major flood disasters according to flood types and spatial relevance

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Last upload:

03 Dec 2010

Temporal coverage:

1950-2008

Tags:

soer2010 , climate change , water , adaptation , floods , thematic assessments

Geographic coverage:

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

Methodology:

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

Units:

Individual 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: Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Owners:

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Processors:

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

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.