Detailed Information on Publication Record
2023
The 100-Year Series of Weather-Related Fatalities in the Czech Republic: Interactions of Climate, Environment, and Society
BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Kateřina CHROMÁ, Lukáš DOLÁK, Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK, Jan ŘEHOŘ et. al.Basic information
Original name
The 100-Year Series of Weather-Related Fatalities in the Czech Republic: Interactions of Climate, Environment, and Society
Authors
BRÁZDIL, Rudolf (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina CHROMÁ, Lukáš DOLÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK, Jan ŘEHOŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Water, MDPI, 2023, 2073-4441
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10510 Climatic research
Country of publisher
Switzerland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.400 in 2022
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130905
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000996907200001
Keywords in English
weather-related fatality; fatality characteristics; documentary data; flood; windstorm; convective storm; snow; glaze ice; frost; fog; inclement weather; Czech Republic
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 28/6/2023 14:22, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
The paper investigates weather-related fatalities over the territory of the Czech Republic in the 100-year period from 1921 to 2020. The unique database, created from documentary evidence (particularly newspapers), includes, for each deadly event, information about the weather event, the fatality itself, and related circumstances. A total of 2729 fatalities were detected during the 100-year period and were associated with various weather categories including frost (38%), convective storms (19%), floods (17%), fog (11%), snow and glaze ice (8%), windstorms (5%), and other inclement weather (2%). A detailed analysis was performed for each individual category. Fatalities occurred throughout the country, with a main maximum in winter (January) and a secondary maximum in summer (July), corresponding to the occurrence of extreme weather. Deaths were mainly interpreted as direct, caused by freezing to death/hypothermia or drowning, and occurred in the afternoon and at night in open countryside or on rivers and water bodies. Males outnumbered females, and adults outnumbered children and the elderly. Hazardous behavior was more frequent than non-hazardous behavior among victims. The information on fatalities and the structure of their characteristics strongly reflects historical milestones of the country, political and socioeconomic changes, as well as changes in lifestyle. Although important weather effects were observed on the deadliest events, the character of the data did not allow for clear evidence of the effects of long-term climate variability.
Links
| MUNI/A/1323/2022, interní kód MU |
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