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Disasters in Europe: more frequent and causing more damage

News Published 12 Jan 2011 Last modified 23 Nov 2020

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The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe in the period 1998-2009, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes. The report assesses the frequency of disasters and their impacts on humans, the economy and ecosystems and calls for better integrated risk disaster management across Europe.