THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE EXTREME VOLUME AND INTENSITY OF RAINFALL ON THE NATURAL DISASTER RISK LEVELS OF HYDROLOGICAL ORIGIN IN HUNGARY IN THE PERIOD FROM FALL 2017 TO SPRING 2018

Abstract

This article is intended to demonstrate the risks of disasters of hydrological origin  in Hungary and – through the presentation of a number of extreme weather event  – in other countries in the light of the extreme volume and intensity of rainfall  during the period from September 2017 to April 2018. The purpose of the paper is  to highlight that objective substantiation of the correlation between the changes in  the patterns of precipitation and the increased risk of occurrence of disasters of  hydrological origin can only be achieved by long term empirical research and  recoding the data and damage events.