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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3983-2024
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Merging modelled and reported flood impacts in Europe in a combined flood event catalogue for 1950–2020
Dominik Paprotny
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Belinda Rhein
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Michalis I. Vousdoukas
University of the Aegean, Department of Marine Sciences, Mytilene, Greece
Paweł Terefenko
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Adama Mickiewicza 16, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
Francesco Dottori
CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy
University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS), Pavia, Italy
Simon Treu
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Jakub Śledziowski
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, Adama Mickiewicza 16, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland
Luc Feyen
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Heidi Kreibich
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Loss of Life in River and Flash Floods in Europe: Evaluation of Deterministic Approaches and Implications for Risk Assessment D. Bekić https://doi.org/10.3390/w18091011
- Economic consequences of cascading drought-flood events: evidence from central Europe S. Deng et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae0f43
- pyTMD: Python-based tidal prediction software T. Sutterley et al. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08566
- Characterization of multifaceted and compound flood risks for advancing flood resilience in the Cooum River Basin, Chennai, India A. P. & K. M. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-026-06390-w
- A framework for generating catalogues of high-impact UNSEEN flood events E. Bianco et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2026.100636
- Attribution of flood impacts shows strong benefits of adaptation in Europe since 1950 D. Paprotny et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt7068
- Leveraging Coupled Hydrodynamic with Data-Driven GeoAI Models for Advancing Systemic Compound Flood Risk Evaluation in Coastal Urban Areas T. Atmaja et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-025-10394-6
- A multi-level framework for climate adaptation of critical infrastructure: flood risk in railway networks E. Peregrina Gonzalez et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ae7fb5
- Compounding hazards increase flood economic losses across Europe M. Ronco et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73248-0
- Regional-scale coastal hazard modelling using a univariate framework for extreme total water levels including sea-level rise: a case study in Portugal J. Carneiro Barros et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2026.106272
- Evolution of flood protection levels and flood vulnerability in Europe since 1950 estimated with vine-copula models D. Paprotny et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-07039-5
- A European database of resources on coastal storm impacts P. Souto-Ceccon et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1041-2025
- CLIMB: Framework for CLIMate data bias-adjustment and downscaling J. Śledziowski et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102479
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Editorial statement
This paper is of great interest to the geoscience community and the broader public because it offers a comprehensive European flood event catalogue that merges historical records with modelled data, providing an extensive overview of coastal, riverine and compound flood impacts across Europe over seventy years. This will help enhance the accuracy and completeness of flood impact assessments, crucial for improving flood risk management and mitigation strategies. It also provides a milestone dataset for understanding changes in hazard, vulnerability and exposure for national, regional and continental flood risk assessments.
This paper is of great interest to the geoscience community and the broader public because it...
Short summary
Long-term trends in flood losses are regulated by multiple factors, including climate variation, population and economic growth, land-use transitions, reservoir construction, and flood risk reduction measures. Here, we reconstruct the factual circumstances in which almost 15 000 potential riverine, coastal and compound floods in Europe occurred between 1950 and 2020. About 10 % of those events are reported to have caused significant socioeconomic impacts.
Long-term trends in flood losses are regulated by multiple factors, including climate variation,...
