Evaluation of 15-months of flash flood impact forecasts over Europe

The EDERA project, funded by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, has focused on the use of real-time products for forecasting and monitoring the impacts of storms, heavy rainfall and flash floods to support emergency management. The project ran a 15 months demonstration in real time with European coverage and involved the participation of several end-users (with responsibilities at regional or national level). The study presents the main results obtained during the demonstration period from the point of view of the skill of the products to identify/anticipate the occurrence of the most significant events, and the magnitude of the resulting impacts.