Abstract
It is generally accepted that drought is one of the most costly weather-related natural hazards. In 2015, a long-lasting drought hit Europe, particularly affecting central and eastern Europe. In some regions it was the driest (North Slovakia) and in others (Czech Republic and Poland) it was the second driest summer of the last 50 years (following 2003). Key questions are: (i) how extreme are these events, not only in terms of hydro-meteorological characteristics but also impacts? and (ii) how are these impacts managed?
Highlights
It is generally accepted that drought is one of the most costly weather-related natural hazards
Droughts often are viewed from a climatic perspective (e.g. Herring et al, 2015; Heim, 2015), with their severity defined by the strength of the anomaly in meteorological conditions
The SPI and SPEI have proved their applicability across a wide range of hydro-climatological regimes, there is a pressing need to monitor the impacts of climate and weather events in a more systematic way (Stahl et al, 2015)
Summary
It is generally accepted that drought is one of the most costly weather-related natural hazards. In October, the west-east zone divided into three core regions: southern Germany, Poland and Ukraine, and some new areas (Latvia, northern Europe) in response to a precipitation deficit that developed in early autumn (not shown). Hydrological response Low flow and drought characteristics were computed from about 800 daily streamflow time series across Europe (Laaha et al, 2016).
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