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World Atlas of Large Flood Events 1985-2002

The displays presented below are based on data derived from a wide variety of news, governmental, instrumental, and remote sensing source. They were produced by Dr. Sebastien Caquard. For additional information concerning how these maps and tables are created, please review the Archive Notes.

 

Contents of the Atlas

Part I - Evolution of the floods since 1985

Flood Number

Interannual evolution

Map of the floods number

 

Flood Duration

Interannual evolution

Seasonal evolution

Map of the flood duration

 

Flood Seasonality

Interannual and Seasonal evolution

Map of the flood seasonality

 

Flood Causes

The different causes

Interannual evolution

Map of the flood causes

 

Recurrence interval

Map of recurrence interval anecdotal

 

Severity class

by YEAR

 

   

Part II - Consequences of these floods

Fatalities

Interannual average evolution or Sum/Max

Seasonal evolution total or Average/Median

Map of the flood fatalities

 

Displaced

Interannual average evolution or Sum/Max

Map of the people displaced

 

Damage

Interannual average evolution or Sum/Max.

Map of economical cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 
This work is made possible by data acquired by NASA, the Japanese Space Agency, and the European Space Agency, and funding support from NASA and the European Commission, through the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) project, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. The Observatory was founded in 1993 at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA and moved to the University of Colorado, INSTAAR, CSDMS in 2010. The institutional support of both universities is gratefully acknowledged.
 
     

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