Causes of the exceptionally high number of fatalities in the Ahr valley, Germany, during the 2021 flood

<p>Over the last 40 years (1980–2020), 159 people died in inland floods in Germany. The flood of 2021 caused 190 flood fatalities in Germany, 134 of them in the Ahr valley. We investigate what made this event so deadly in order to help improve flood risk management and prevent future fatalitie...

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Main Authors: B. Rhein, H. Kreibich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2025-02-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/581/2025/nhess-25-581-2025.pdf
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