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Flood risk areas viewer

This viewer is provided by the European Commission with the support of the European Environment Agency to raise flood risk awareness. It reflects work carried out by the Member States under the Floods Directive. It allows to view flood risk locations (visualized as points, lines, or polygons). Additional information can be retrieved through many external links to national portals.

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What you can do with it

Input

  • Select or browse flood risk locations across Europe, shown as points, lines or polygons
  • Follow external links to national flood-risk portals for further detail

Output

  • Maps showing flood risk locations reported under the Floods Directive
  • Links to additional national flood information

Use it to

  • Raise awareness of where flood risk locations have been identified across Europe
  • Get a first, high-level view of flood risk before consulting national sources
  • Support the early "preparing the ground" and risk-assessment stages of flood-related adaptation work

Why is it relevant to climate adaptation

Offers a simple, EU-wide entry point into flood risk information reported under the Floods Directive, but it is a generic viewer with no further interaction — users still need external links to national portals for real analysis. The tool owner flags that underlying data is only reported roughly every 6 years, aligned with the 2022–2027 flood risk management plan cycle.

Used in

  • Raising flood-risk awareness under the EU Floods Directive
  • Starting point for national, subnational and transboundary users before consulting detailed national flood portals
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