The general objective of the international MEDiterranean EXperiment (MEDEX) was the
better understanding and forecasting of cyclones that produce high impact weather in the …

This paper contains a preliminary analysis of flood risk in Mediterranean countries,
conducted within the framework of the FLASH European Project. All flood events recorded …

The NW Mediterranean region experiences every year heavy rainfall and flash floods that
occasionally produce catastrophic damages. Less frequent are floods that affect large …

The present paper shows an in-depth analysis of the evolution of floods and precipitation in
Catalonia for the period 1981–2010. In order to have homogeneous information, and having …

Flooding is one of the most important types of disasters in southern Europe recording many
victims and extended damages over the last century. The increased pressure for urban …

The temporal and spatial patterns of storm-induced damage along the Catalan coast (NW
Mediterranean) during the last 50 years have been analyzed to identify main climatic and …

An historical analysis of the occurrence of storms and their damage intensity is presented.
The work analysed historical large-scale events from The Middle Ages to the 1960s at case …

This paper introduces the development of a database of high-impact weather events that
occurred in Greece since 2001. The selected events are related to the occurrence of floods …

This work focuses on the analysis of flood fatalities in Greece, between 1970 and 2010. To
this end, the paper develops and studies a systematic record of 151 flood‐related fatalities …

In the context of climate change and rapid urbanization, urban pluvial floods pose an
increasing threat to human wellbeing and security in the cities of China. A valuable aid to …