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Flooding can affect both physical and mental health. During the flooding, direct physical health effects include drowning, injuries caused by contact with objects in floodwater, hypothermia and electrical injuries. According to CATDAT data by RiskLayer GmMH, 5582 lives were lost in relation to flooding in EEA-38 countries between 1980 and 2022.

 

Fatalities associated with floods (1980-2022)

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Reference information

Websites:
https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/12acc678-c1c8-4550-83a4-fdf2f4b0a878
Source:

CATDAT by RiskLayer GmBH. The dataset has been prepared and made available under the EEA – European Commission (RTD) Service Level Agreement on “Mainstreaming GEOSS Data Sharing and Management Principles in support of Europe’s Environment”.

Contributor:
European Environment Agency

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Dec 5, 2022

Date of publication:

2022

Keywords:
floods, health
Climate impacts:

Flooding

Adaptation Approaches:

Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Coastal areas, Disaster Risk Reduction, Health, Water management

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Macro-Transnational region:

Central Europe, North West Europe, South West Europe

Health impact:

Droughts and floods

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