Between 2000 and 2015, up to 86 million additional people moved to areas identified as flooded globally, representing a 24% increase in the proportion of the population exposed to floods. The global flood database 913 events mapped 169 countries totaling 2.23 million square kilometers of flooding, and a total of 255 million people affected at least once. In Spain, according to the risk maps of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, more than 2.7 million people They are in danger of flooding.
At a global level, the World Flood Database combines More than 15 years of flood data to create the first comprehensive satellite resource for global flood risk management and mitigation.
The reality is that climate change is exposing millions of people to high-risk flooding and the global flood database is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive view of where flooding has occurred and who has been most affected around the world.
With funding from Google Earth Outreach, flood mapping experts Floodbase and the DFO Flood Observatory combined over 15 years of flood data with human settlement data to create a comprehensive database for researchers, humanitarian workers, community organizations, and insurance and financing providers.
In Spain, on the other hand, we have a specific tool. To find out if we are affected by the risk of flooding, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has an interactive map in which we can the province, the municipality and the population center, to visualize a specific urban area and discover the risk of flooding.
It should be noted that the information available It is under constant review and what appears today may be modified tomorrow due to different factors such as new constructions, meteorology and others.