- Type:
- Flood
- Date:
- June 4, 2016 CE
- Location:
- Fribourg / Freiburg, Basel-Landschaft, Aargau, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Luzern, Obwalden
- Deaths:
- 0
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- HANZE_FLOOD
- HANZE_FLOOD
Other flood records of 2016 CE
- Costa Rica, Nicaragua · 4,000 deaths
- South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, United States of America · 920 deaths
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea · 133 deaths
- China · 128 deaths
- India · 127 deaths
- Pakistan · 121 deaths
Source: Paprotny, D. et al., HANZE v2 — Historical Analysis of Natural Hazards in Europe, Zenodo · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did Fluvial (Riverine) Flooding: Switzerland (2016-06-04) (2016 CE) happen?
- June 4, 2016 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Paprotny, D. et al., HANZE v2 — Historical Analysis of Natural Hazards in Europe, Zenodo; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 0. Historical death tolls vary by source.
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