Disastrous floods have caused millions of fatalities in the twentieth century, tens of billions of
dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …

Statistical distributions of flood peak discharge often show heavy tail behavior, that is,
extreme floods are more likely to occur than would be predicted by commonly used …

This paper provides an updated analysis of observed changes in extreme precipitation
using high-quality station data up to 2018. We examine changes in extreme precipitation …

This paper presents a review of trend analysis of extreme precipitation and hydrological
floods in Europe based on observations and future climate projections. The review …

There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A
better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The …

Despite costly flood risk reduction efforts, material damage and death toll caused by river
floods continue to be high in Europe. In the present review paper, after outlining a process …

This study compiles a new dataset, consisting of the longest available flow series from
across Europe, and uses it to study the spatial and temporal clustering of flood events across …

An analysis to detect trends in magnitude, frequency and timing of floods was conducted in
Spain through nine flood indicators. A data set of gauging stations where the effect of dam …

Changes in flood risk in Europe Page 1 CRC CRC Taylor & Francis Press IAHS AISH Group A
BALKEMA BOOK Changes in Flood Risk in Europe Edited by ZW Kundzewicz Page 2 Changes …

Studies around the world have shown that increases in extreme precipitation are not directly
resulting in reported instances of flooding. Despite the evidence that antecedent soil …