Flooding losses five-fold in Europe by 2050

Written By غالب أبوبكر on 2020/10/05

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather</strong> - The European Environment Agency recently published a report on floods in Europe entitled (Flood Plain Management to Reduce Flood Risks and Restore Healthy Ecosystems). Researchers examined data on floods dating from 1980 to 2010 and found significant increases in floods that will It is getting worse with time, and researchers have predicted that by 2050 flood losses will be five times more than they are now.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><span>3,500</span></strong> <strong>floods occurred in Europe between 1980 and 2010</strong></h2><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Recent studies revealed that between 1980 and 2010, 37 European countries recorded 3563 floods during this period, and the largest number of floods was reported for 2010 (321 floods).</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Italy and Hungary are the most exposed to floods in the coming period</strong></h2><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Based on reports from nine countries, the report plots the share of the population living in floodplain areas. Among those countries, Italy has the largest population living in flood-prone areas with 6.7 million people, or 11% of the population, while Hungary has the highest A relative share of people living in such areas (1.8 million, 18% of the population), and the study predicts that floods will increase by seventeen times by 2080, and more rain will fall with the passage of years due to climate change, which will contribute to about a fifth Future flood damage.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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