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Mapping the impacts of recent natural disasters and technological accidents in Europe

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Topics: Environment and health , Climate change adaptation ,

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Mapping the impacts of recent natural disasters and technological accidents in Europe

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Environmental issue report No 35/2003

Mapping the impacts of recent natural disasters and technological accidents in Europe

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ISBN: 92-9167-630-6

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Coastline affected by Prestige oil spills 7 January 2003

Location of lakes Djoran and Iliki Location of lakes Djoran and Iliki

Population density and number of deaths from major earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean (1998-2002) Population density and number of deaths from major earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean (1998-2002)

Location of the Toulouse accident Fertiliser factory explosion in Toulouse, 2001

Casualties of 1999 avalanches Casualties of 1999 avalanches

Areas affected by 2002 flooding Flooding in central Europe, August 2002: Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany

Forest fires 1998-2002, based on satellite observations Note: This map is based on satellite observations of all types of fires, with non-forest fires filtered out as far as possible

Number of landslides reported in Italy (1998-2001) .

Landslides in Slovenia, 2000 .

Location of Doñana toxic spill Location of Doñana toxic spill

Spread of the cyanide spill from Baia Mare Cyanide concentration values

Sites of major technological accidents (1998-2002) Sites of major technological accidents (1998-2002)

Occurrence of major natural disasters (1998-2002) .

Areas burnt in Portugal in 2003 summer season up to 8 August 2003 Note: Since the satellite monitoring system used can only detect burnt areas of at least 50 hectares with good accuracy, the total burnt area will certainly be greater than that shown.

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Disasters in Europe: more frequent and causing more damage 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.

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Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Europe , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom

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