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  • Storm location, frequency and intensity have shown considerable decadal variability across Europe over the past century, such that no significant long-term trends are apparent.
  • Recent studies on changes in winter storm tracks generally project an extension eastwards of the North Atlantic storm track towards central Europe and the British Isles.
  • Climate change simulations show diverging projections on changes in the number of winter storms across Europe. However, most studies agree that the risk of severe winter storms, and possibly of severe autumn storms, will increase for the North Atlantic and northern, north-western and central Europe over the 21st century.

Reference information

Websites:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/IND-93-en
Source:
EEA

Published in Climate-ADAPT Jun 7, 2016   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12, 2023

Date of publication:

2017

Keywords:
CLIM005, storm surges, storms, wind speed
Climate impacts:

Flooding, Storms

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios, Climate services

Sectors:

Coastal areas, Disaster Risk Reduction

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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