Historical information sheds new light on the intensification of flooding in the Central Mediterranean.

ABSTRACT: Hydrological disasters, such as floods, can have dire consequences for human societies. Historical information plays a key role in detecting whether particular types of hydrological disasters have increased in frequency and/or magnitude and, if so, they are more likely attributable to natural or human-induced climatic and other environmental changes. The identification of regions with similar flood conditions is essential for the analysis of regional flooding regimes. To this end, we here present the longest existing flood reconstruction for the Eastern Liguria Area (ELA) in northwestern Italy, covering 1582 to 2022 CE, which offers a case study representative of the central Mediterranean region. An Annual Flood Intensification Index was developed to transform the historical data into a co

SUBMITTER: Diodato N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature