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Starting on the 13 May 2014, severe rainfall hit south-eastern Europe. The event continued until the 16 May. The worst affected countries were Serbia and Bosnia - Herzegovina. Currently more than 30 people have died in land-slides and the flooding following the rain. Heavy rainfall and strong winds also affected Austria, Slovakia and other neighbouring countries. |
On 18 16 May, the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia requested assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Serbia declared a state of emergency on Thur 15 May.
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3.5 Comparison with other centres
The plots below show CDF for 5-day precipitation 12 May 06UTC to 17 May06UTC for Beograd, for different centres. The observed value for the period was 190 mm.
Gallery includeLabel tigge_cdf sort comment title TIGGE CDF for Beograd
3.6 EFAS
Gallery includeLabel efas_severe sort comment title EFAS
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5. Good and bad aspects of the forecasts for the event
6. Additional material
Information sheet from JRC/EFAS 16 MayReport from ERCC (only ECMWF)