Structural damage, clogging, collapsing: Analysis of the bridge damage at the rivers Ahr, Inde and Vicht caused by the flood of 2021

Abstract During the flood event in 2021 within Western Europe, many bridges were severely damaged, particularly in North Rhine‐Westphalia and Rhineland‐Palatinate in Germany. Within this study, a statistical analysis of the damages caused to bridges by the flood event was carried out. First, locatio...

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Published in:	Journal of Flood Risk Management
Main Authors:	Lisa Burghardt, Elena‐Maria Klopries, Holger Schüttrumpf
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-03-01
Subjects:	debris flow extreme events flood damages
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.13001

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