Report – Flood Losses in Europe to Increase Fivefold by 2050

http://floodlist.com/europe/report-floods-europe-increase-fivefold-2050

17 February, 2016 by Jennie Jacobs

The European Environment Agency recently published a report on flooding in Europe, “Floodplain management: reducing flood risks and restoring healthy ecosystems”, where researchers examined data on floods dating from 1980 to 2010, and found significant increases in flooding – which will only get worse as time goes on.

The study assessed the data, researchers have predicted that by 2050, flood losses will have increased fivefold. The fivefold increase in occurrence was attributed to climate change and increasing value of land around the floodplains, and urban development.

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