Sub-chapter 1.3.4. Mediterranean extreme floods and flash floods

The Mediterranean area is particularly exposed to flash floods Floods are weather-related hazards and their patterns are likely to be significantly affected by climate change. Floods are already the most frequent and among the costliest and deadliest natural disasters worldwide (Munich RE, NatCat Service; Swiss RE, 2015). This is also true in the Mediterranean area. The EM-DAT international disaster database (http://www.emdat.be/) lists for instance 200 billion Euros damages related to variou...