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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1659-2017
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
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29 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 29 Sep 2017

Surface water floods in Switzerland: what insurance claim records tell us about the damage in space and time

Daniel B. Bernet, Volker Prasuhn, and Rolf Weingartner

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To quantify the relevance of surface water floods in Switzerland, we introduce and analyze an exhaustive set of insurance flood damage claims. First, we present a method to classify such claims and then we analyze the classified data with respect to space and time. The results reveal that just as fluvial floods are responsible for vast damage in Switzerland, so too are surface water floods. Accordingly, surface water floods should receive similar attention like fluvial floods.
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