No upward trend in normalised windstorm losses in Europe: 1970–2008
On 18 January 2007, windstorm Kyrill battered Europe with hurricane-force winds killing 47 people and causing 10 billion US$ in damage. Kyrill poses several questions: is Kyrill an isolated or exceptional case? Have there been events costing as much in the past? This paper attempts to put Kyrill int...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/97/2010/nhess-10-97-2010.pdf |