In the period 2003-2014, six of the 12 years (2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2013) were either very dry' or extremely dry'. In 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010 and 2014, there were large to disastrous floods. Extreme climate events w'ere especially pronounced during the last eight years (in 2009, 2010 and 2014 major floods were recorded; in 2011, 2012 and 2013 there were severe droughts and waves of high/tropical temperatures; early 2012 saw a wave of extreme cold and there were windstorms in mid-2012).