A database on flash flood events in Campania, southern Italy, with an evaluation of their spatial and temporal distribution

Vennari, Carmela; Parise, Mario; Santangelo, Nicoletta; Santo, Antonio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2485-2016

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29 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 29 Nov 2016

A database on flash flood events in Campania, southern Italy, with an evaluation of their spatial and temporal distribution

Carmela Vennari, Mario Parise, Nicoletta Santangelo, and Antonio Santo

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SC1: 'Literature', Francesco Fiorillo, 01 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply', Carmela Vennari, 15 Feb 2016
RC1: 'First evaluation of the damage related to alluvial events in torrential catchments of Campania', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee#1', Carmela Vennari, 17 Mar 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment on "First evaluation of the damage related to alluvial events in torrential catchments of Campania (southern Italy), based on a historical database"', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Feb 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to Referee#2', Carmela Vennari, 17 Mar 2016

Short summary

An historical database of about 500 flash floods occurred in the Campania region (southern Italy) from 1540 to 2015 is presented. Most of the collected events have a medium-to-high temporal accuracy, meaning that day, month and year of occurrence are known. The repetitiveness of the events highlighted that among the 86 municipalities hit, 16 recorded more than 10 events. About 18% of the events in the database caused at least one victim. This study is the first step to perform a hazard analysis.