The deadliest sudden weather-related events in the Czech Lands, 1851–2025&thinsp;CE

Brázdil, Rudolf; Chromá, Kateřina; Müller, Miloslav; Lhoták, Jan; Skripniková, Kateřina

doi:10.5194/nhess-26-1889-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1889-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1889-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 4

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27 Apr 2026

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The deadliest sudden weather-related events in the Czech Lands, 1851–2025 CE

Rudolf Brázdil, Kateřina Chromá, Miloslav Müller, Jan Lhoták, and Kateřina Skripniková

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This paper presents the sudden weather-related events with the highest numbers of fatalities (≥ 20) over the territory of the Czech Lands (now the Czech Republic) in the 1851–2025 CE period, which were connected to or influenced by floods, windstorms, convective storms, thunderstorms, snow, and fog. For each of the 13 selected events, meteorological conditions, their course, accompanying circumstances, and selected fatality characteristics such as sex and age are described in detail.