The number of severe natural disasters in France amounted to eight in 2021, from which three-quarters were flooding events. Since 1950, the year with the highest number of severe natural catastrophes was 2014, when 11 events hit France, all of them floods.
Number of severe natural disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by type
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Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. (November 30, 2023). Number of severe natural disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427869/number-natural-catastrophes-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. "Number of severe natural disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by type." Chart. November 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427869/number-natural-catastrophes-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. (2023). Number of severe natural disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427869/number-natural-catastrophes-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. "Number of Severe Natural Disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427869/number-natural-catastrophes-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires, Number of severe natural disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427869/number-natural-catastrophes-france/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of severe natural disasters in France from 1950 to 2021, by type [Graph], Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires, November 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427869/number-natural-catastrophes-france/