Trends in flood losses in Europe over the past 150 years

Flooding may cause loss of life and economic damage, therefore temporal changes need assessment. Here, the authors show that since 1870 there has been an increase in area inundated by floods in Europe, but a reduction in fatalities and economic losses, although caution that smaller floods remain und...

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Main Authors: Dominik Paprotny, Antonia Sebastian, Oswaldo Morales-Nápoles, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4acf6830eeb04c8485065cac9ca37dc0
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