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Europe

According to the Centre for Research on Epidemiology Europe in the past 20 years, Europe has suffered significantly from disasters in both human and economic terms.

From 1989 to 2008, 953 disasters killed nearly 88,671 people in Europe, affected more than 29 million others and caused a total of 269 US$ billion economic losses. Compared to the rest of the world, economic loss per capita is high in Europe, partly because it is very densely populated. Italy and Germany have recorded major economic damages mainly due to floods and storms; Spain had the highest number of victims among all European countries and Russia the highest numbers of disasters (120 disasters).

Floods and storms in Europe account for respectively 40 per cent and 33 per cent of the total economic damages for the period 1989-2008. Floods and storms explain part of the economic losses as weather related disasters have devastating effects on infrastructures which have, on average, a higher value in Europe than in Asia or Africa. The trend will probably continue to rise as floods and storms are expected to become more frequent and severe in the future in Europe.

Europe has increasingly become a target for international terrorists - there had been national groups active in for example, the UK, Spain, Germany for many years - but more recently attacks inspired by Al-Qaeda, and others, have been suffered by Madrid, London and Istanbul.

The UK Government's has issued the following travel advice:-

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