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Vulnerabilities – More damage to forests

The more humid, warmer weather pattern predicted for the future is expected to increase the wind throw risk of trees through reduced tree anchorage due to a decrease in soil freezing between late autumn and early spring, i.e during the most windy months of the year (1).


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Vulnerabilities – The storm Gudrun in 2005

The storm Gudrun hit Scandinavia and the Baltic States on 7-9 January 2005. It was one of the worst storms in this region in the last 40 years. Detailed information on this storm is presented on the page of Estonia.

The storm Gudrun caused floods in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden.Although the water level was record high in Helsinki, severe damages were avoided, partly thanks to the warning issued by the Finnish Institute of Marine Research and the preventive work done by the City of Helsinki rescue services. The flood threatened the historical centre however and in many places the water rose to built areas. It also caused potential disaster situations in the ever increasing underground spaces of the city, such as the multi-utility and metro tunnels (3).


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References

The references below are cited in full in a separate map 'References'. Please click here if you are looking for the full references for Finland.

  1. Peltola et al. (1999)
  2. Ministry of the Environment of Finland (2006)
  3. Lilja (2005), in: Haanpää et al. (2007)

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