The flood of August 2005 in Switzerland resulted in six casualties and caused total property damages of three billion Swiss Francs. With regard to the damages the event is thus without parallels within the last three decades. Continuing precipitations over large areas led to exceptionally large discharges and high lake levels. Flooding, erosion, overbank sedimentation, landslides and debris flow deposition were the dominant damage causing processes.
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