Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-857-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-857-2018
Research article
 | 
16 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2018

The relationship between precipitation and insurance data for floods in a Mediterranean region (northeast Spain)

Maria Cortès, Marco Turco, Montserrat Llasat-Botija, and Maria Carmen Llasat

Related authors

Changes in flood damage with global warming on the eastern coast of Spain
Maria Cortès, Marco Turco, Philip Ward, Josep A. Sánchez-Espigares, Lorenzo Alfieri, and Maria Carmen Llasat
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2855–2877, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2855-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2855-2019, 2019
Short summary

Related subject area

Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, Socioeconomic and Management Aspects
Warnings based on risk matrices: a coherent framework with consistent evaluation
Robert J. Taggart and David J. Wilke
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2657–2677, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2657-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2657-2025, 2025
Short summary
Invited perspectives: Advancing knowledge co-creation in drought impact studies
Silvia De Angeli, Lorenzo Villani, Giulio Castelli, Maria Rusca, Giorgio Boni, Elena Bresci, and Luigi Piemontese
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2571–2589, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2571-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2571-2025, 2025
Short summary
How does perceived heat stress differ between urban forms and human vulnerability profiles? Case study Berlin
Nimra Iqbal, Marvin Ravan, Zina Mitraka, Joern Birkmann, Sue Grimmond, Denise Hertwig, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Giorgos Somarakis, Angela Wendnagel-Beck, and Emmanouil Panagiotakis
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2481–2502, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2481-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2481-2025, 2025
Short summary
Modelling flood losses of micro-businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Anna Buch, Dominik Paprotny, Kasra Rafiezadeh Shahi, Heidi Kreibich, and Nivedita Sairam
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2437–2453, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2437-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2437-2025, 2025
Short summary
Tracing online flood conversations across borders: a watershed-level analysis of geo-social media topics during the 2021 European flood
Sébastien Dujardin, Dorian Arifi, Sebastian Schmidt, Catherine Linard, and Bernd Resch
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2351–2369, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2351-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2351-2025, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Amaro, J., Gayà, M., Aran, M., and Llasat, M. C.: Preliminary results of the Social Impact Research Group of MEDEX: the request database (2000–2002) of two Meteorological Services, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 2643–2652, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-2643-2010, 2010. 
Barbería, L., Amaro, J., Aran, M., and Llasat, M. C.: The role of different factors related to social impact of heavy rain events: considerations about the intensity thresholds in densely populated areas, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1843–1852, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1843-2014, 2014. 
Barnolas, M. and Llasat, M. C.: A flood geodatabase and its climatological applications: the case of Catalonia for the last century, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 7, 271–281, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-7-271-2007, 2007. 
Barredo, J. I.: Normalised flood losses in Europe: 1970–2006, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 97–104, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-9-97-2009, 2009. 
Barredo, J. I., Saurí, D., and Llasat, M. C.: Assessing trends in insured losses from floods in Spain 1971–2008, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 1723–1729, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-1723-2012, 2012. 
Download
Short summary
The aim of this study is to develop and evaluate a methodology to estimate surface water flood damages from heavy precipitation in the Mediterranean region of study. The relationship between precipitation and insurance data has been assessed, using logistic regression models, to assess the probability of large monetary damages in relation to heavy precipitation events. Results show that our model is able to simulate the probability of a damaging event as a function of precipitation.
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint