Activation date: 2016-06-03 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In late May and early June 2016 flooding began after several days of heavy rain. The Loing and Seine rivers burst their banks and 4,000 people were evacuated from the town of Nemours. S...

Activation date: 2018-10-02 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In June 2013,  wide flooding and consequent damage and losses occurred in Central Europe, affecting especially Southern and Eastern Germany and some areas in Czech Republic, Austri...

Activation date: 2013-06-21 Event type: Flood Activation reason: An EU civil protection exercise, EU TARANIS 2013, held in Salzburg, Austria, was completed on Saturday 29 June. The cooperation within and among the civil protection teams from Austri...

Activation date: 2021-03-29 Event type: Flood Activation reason: The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard has been activated by the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) on behalf of Bezirksregierung Münster, for a retrospe...

Activation date: 2021-04-29 Event type: Flood Activation reason: The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard has been activated for a retrospective assessment of two floods waves registered in the upper reaches of two rivers, Nidder and Seemenbach, located i...

Activation date: 2023-12-21 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In the wake of Storm Ciarán's destructive path across Western Europe from late October to early November 2023, the region of Tuscany in central Italy faced catastrophic flood...

Activation date: 2020-02-17 Event type: Flood Activation reason: The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard has been activated on behalf of the Ministry of Environment of the state of Brandenburg with the objective of assessing a flood event casued by heavy...