Natural catastrophes in Germany 1970 2012 Number of events with trend Number 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Geophysical events (Earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption) Meteorological events (Storm) Hydrological events (Flood, mass movement) Climatological events (Extreme temperature, drought, forest fire)
Natural catastrophes in Germany 1970 2012 Map 860 Loss events Severe Storm Hilal 2008 *: EUR 1,100m *: EUR 800m Winter Storm Daria 1990 *: EUR 1,000m *: EUR 690m Winter Storm Kyrill 2007 *: EUR 4,200m *: EUR 2,400m Geophysical events (Earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption) Meteorological events (Storm) Hydrological events (Flood, mass movement) Climatological events (Extreme temperature, drought, forest fire) Significant natural catastrophes, could affected the complete area of Germany *Losses in original values Floods 2010 *: EUR 870m *: EUR 300m Floods 2002 *: EUR 11,600m *: EUR 1,800m Winter Storm Jeanett 2002 *: EUR 2,000m *: EUR 1,600m Winter Storm Lothar 1999 *: EUR 1,600m *: EUR 650m Winter Storm Andrea 2012 *: EUR 200m *: EUR 130m Heatwave Summer 2003 *: EUR 1,500m *: EUR 10m Fatalities: 9,000 Hail storm 1984 *: EUR 1,500m *: EUR 750m
10 costliest natural catastrophes ordered by overall losses Period Event Affected Area Fatalities June - Aug. 2003 Heat wave, drought Entire country 1,500 10 9,000 12.7.1984 Hailstorm 1,500 750 hail
10 costliest natural catastrophes ordered by insured losses Period Event Affected Area Fatalities hail 12.7.1984 Hailstorm 1,500 750 28.2.2010 Winter Storm Xynthia Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, 750 500 7 Saarland, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
10 costliest natural catastrophes ordered by overall losses Period Event Affected Area Fatalities June - Aug. 2003 Heat wave, drought Entire country 1,500 10 9,000 12.7.1984 Hailstorm 1,500 750 hail
10 costliest natural catastrophes ordered by insured losses Period Event Affected Area Fatalities hail 12.7.1984 Hailstorm 1,500 750 28.2.2010 Winter Storm Xynthia Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, 750 500 7 Saarland, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
10 deadliest events Period Event Affected Area Fatalities June - Aug. 2003 Heat wave, drought Entire country 1,500 10 9,000 12-13.11.1972 Winter storm Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, 680 250 47 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bavaria 26.12.1996- Cold wave Entire country, esp. Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt 240 160 45 8.1.1997 16-17.1.1974 Winter storm Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria 35 2-4.1.1976 Winter Storm Capella Entire country, esp. Hamburg, North Sea coast 440 250 27 13.11.1973 Winter storm Lower Saxony, Hesse, Bavaria 25 19-20.11.1971 Winter storm Bavaria 20 28.12.1978-4.1.1979 Winter damage, winter storm Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 75 17
10 costliest storm events ordered by insured losses Period Event Affected Area Fatalities hail 12.7.1984 Hailstorm 1,500 750 28.2.2010 Winter Storm Xynthia Entire country, esp. western Germany 750 500 7 1-2.3.2008 Winter Storm Emma Entire country, esp. North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Hamburg, Berlin, Brandenburg 750 400 6
10 costliest flood events ordered by insured losses Period Event Affected Area Fatalities 6-16.8.2010 Floods Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Bavaria, Brandenburg, 870 300 4 Bavaria 21-27.12.1993 Floods North Rhine-Westphalia, esp. Cologne, Bonn, 530 160 5 Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Bavaria 13-18.4.1994 Floods Lower Saxony, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, 300 150 2 Baden-Württemberg 22.1-3.2.1995 Floods Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine- 270 100 5 Westphalia, Cologne, Bavaria, Allgäu 22-28.5.1999 Floods Bavaria, esp. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Baden- 340 70 5 Württemberg, esp. Ulm 6-7.6.2002 Floods Bavaria, Diedorf, Memmingen, Baden-Württemberg, 100 50 3 Thuringia 22-28.8.2005 Floods Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Kempten, 175 45 1 Sonthofen, Murnau, Augsburg, Neu-Ulm, Passau 27-29.6.1994 Flash floods Brandenburg, Werder, Berlin, Bavaria, Kempten, 150 40 3 Isny 6-21.1.2011 Floods Entire country, esp. Brandenburg, North Rhine- Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt, Baden-Württemberg 120 35 7