EUropean Flood Fatalities (EUFF) database 1980-2018 (updated)

The first version of EUFF (EUropean Flood Fatalities) contained 2466 FFs which occurred during a 39-year period (1980–2018) in 8 Euro-Mediterranean countries that are further divided into 9 study areas (Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, South France, Catalonia and Balearic Islands). This database is an updated version of EUFF, improved throughout the introduction of new data and details of flood fatalities emerged from ongoing historical research in the Czech Republic and South France study areas. EUFF contains 2483 flood fatalities, which occurred during the same period (1980–2018) in the above-mentioned study areas. The methodological approach is based on the systematic collection of data about floods that killed any people, which are named here as flood events. All cases of flood events triggered by rainfall were included, without severity thresholds: EUFF contains all the cases of flood events, independently of the number of fatalities per flood event. The methodological approach was based on the systematic collection of fatal events descriptions from documentary sources as newspapers, websites, and technical reports. Narratives of flood events were disaggregated in database fields describing victim’s profile and the circumstances of the deaths. Each record contains data related to a single flood fatality, organized in fields with information about event (place, date, and hour), fatality (age, gender, conditions, residency, and activity), and victim-event interactions (accident place, accident dynamic, death causes, protective and/or hazardous behaviours). EUFF database represents a source of data contributing to a better understanding of the population exposure to floods. The EUFF database, with its great potential to be extended spatially and temporally, represents a unique European database with high scientific and practical potential. One aspect of the database is its vitality, as we strive to improve it by extending the study period, and enlarging the domain. The EUFF database and its potential will hopefully motivate and encourage further researchers to join this database with data on flood fatalities available in their countries.

EUFF（欧洲洪水死亡事件，EUropean Flood Fatalities）的首个版本收录了1980年至2018年这39年间，8个欧洲地中海国家内发生的2466起洪水死亡案例。上述国家被进一步划分为9个研究区域：捷克共和国、以色列、意大利、土耳其、希腊、葡萄牙、法国南部、加泰罗尼亚以及巴利阿里群岛。本数据库为EUFF的更新版本，通过引入新数据以及针对捷克共和国与法国南部研究区域的持续历史研究中发掘的洪水死亡案例细节完成优化升级。新版EUFF共收录上述研究区域内1980—2018年间发生的2483起洪水死亡事件。本研究的方法学框架基于对造成人员死亡的洪水事件（本文统一称此类事件为洪水致死事件）的系统化数据收集。所有由降雨引发的洪水致死事件均被纳入，未设置严重程度阈值：EUFF收录了所有洪水致死事件，不受单起事件死亡人数的限制。该研究方法依托从报纸、网站及技术报告等文献来源中系统性采集致死事件的描述信息。洪水致死事件的叙事细节被拆解至数据库的对应字段中，涵盖受害者画像与死亡场景两类核心信息。每条记录对应一起单独的洪水死亡案例，相关数据按字段分类组织，包括事件基础信息（发生地点、日期与时刻）、死亡案例详情（受害者年龄、性别、身体状况、居住地与事发时活动状态）以及受害者与事件的交互信息（事故发生地点、事故发展过程、死亡原因、防护行为及/或危险行为）。EUFF数据库为深入理解人群面临的洪水暴露风险提供了高质量的数据支撑。该数据库具备极佳的时空拓展潜力，是兼具极高科学研究与实际应用价值的独特欧洲本土数据库。本数据库的一大核心特性在于其持续迭代性：研究团队正通过延长研究周期、拓展研究领域对其进行持续优化。期待EUFF数据库及其应用潜力能够激励更多研究者将本国已有的洪水死亡案例数据接入本数据库，共同推动相关领域的研究进展。