data/processed/cascade_chains_index.json

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  {
    "event_id": "2023-0866-FRA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rainfall from Storm Henk caused severe flooding in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments of northern France, leading to river overflows, infrastructure damage, and significant social disruption.",
    "country": "France",
    "date": "2023-12-30",
    "num_source_articles": 18,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 23,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "high": 9,
      "medium": 10,
      "low": 2
    },
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      "economy/agriculture",
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0866-FRA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2022-0609-ITA",
    "trigger_summary": "Severe flash floods and heavy rainfall (up to 420mm in 3 hours) hit the Marche region, specifically Ancona, Senigallia, Ostra, and surrounding communes, causing widespread inundation.",
    "country": "Italy",
    "date": "2022-09-15",
    "num_source_articles": 5,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 10,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 3,
      "high": 2,
      "medium": 5
    },
    "domains": [
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2022-0609-ITA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0497-SVN",
    "trigger_summary": "Torrential rains and flash floods across Slovenia caused the worst natural disaster in the country's history, resulting in 6 deaths, widespread infrastructure damage, and thousands of evacuations.",
    "country": "Slovenia",
    "date": "2023-08-03",
    "num_source_articles": 21,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 20,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 5,
      "high": 7,
      "medium": 7,
      "low": 1
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "health/casualties",
      "health/hospital_service",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0497-SVN.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0319-HRV",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains caused rivers (Korane, Kupa, Una) to overflow, leading to widespread flooding in Karlovac and Hrvatska Kostajnica (Croatia) and Bosanska Krupa (Bosnia), triggering landslides and border closures.",
    "country": "Croatia",
    "date": "2023-05-12",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 8,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "high": 5,
      "medium": 1
    },
    "domains": [
      "environment/contamination",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0319-HRV.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0582-GRC",
    "trigger_summary": "Storm 'Daniel' caused severe weather, floods, and landslides across Greece starting September 4, 2023, affecting multiple regions including Thessaly, Central Greece, and Macedonia.",
    "country": "Greece",
    "date": "2023-09-04",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 5,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 3,
      "high": 2
    },
    "domains": [
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0582-GRC.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0734-BEL",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains in West Flanders (Westhoerk, Kachtem, Wevelgem) and surrounding areas caused severe flooding, triggering provincial crisis plans and service disruptions.",
    "country": "Belgium",
    "date": "2023-11-06",
    "num_source_articles": 4,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 10,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 1,
      "high": 4,
      "medium": 4,
      "low": 1
    },
    "domains": [
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0734-BEL.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0734-FRA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains and Storm Ciarán caused severe flooding, wind damage, and infrastructure collapse across France, Italy, and the UK, resulting in casualties and widespread service disruptions.",
    "country": "France",
    "date": "2023-11-06",
    "num_source_articles": 6,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 20,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 4,
      "high": 8,
      "medium": 8
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0734-FRA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2019-0413-ESP",
    "trigger_summary": "Torrential rain and flash floods hit south-eastern Spain (Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Albacete, eastern Andalucía, Balearic Islands) starting September 11, causing deaths, evacuations, and infrastructure damage.",
    "country": "Spain",
    "date": "2019-09-11",
    "num_source_articles": 14,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 16,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 4,
      "medium": 8,
      "high": 4
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2019-0413-ESP.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2018-0037-FRA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains caused the Seine River to peak at 5.84 meters in Paris, flooding 242 towns and disrupting transport, tourism, and local infrastructure.",
    "country": "France",
    "date": "2018-01-21",
    "num_source_articles": 9,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 20,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 3,
      "high": 6,
      "medium": 7,
      "low": 4
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/agriculture",
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2018-0037-FRA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2018-0375-FRA",
    "trigger_summary": "Torrential rains in the Aude region of southwestern France caused the Aude river to reach unprecedented flood levels, leading to severe inundation, casualties, and widespread infrastructure damage.",
    "country": "France",
    "date": "2018-10-14",
    "num_source_articles": 5,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 16,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 3,
      "medium": 8,
      "high": 3,
      "low": 2
    },
    "domains": [
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2018-0375-FRA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0270-ITA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains (over six months' worth in 36 hours) caused severe flooding and landslides in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, resulting in casualties, widespread evacuations, infrastructure damage, and agricultural losses.",
    "country": "Italy",
    "date": "2023-04-30",
    "num_source_articles": 20,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 18,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 4,
      "high": 8,
      "medium": 5,
      "low": 1
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/agriculture",
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "health/casualties",
      "health/hospital_service",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0270-ITA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2021-0411-BEL",
    "trigger_summary": "Flood in Liège, Namur, Luxembourg, Limbourg, Brabant Wallon, Hainaut on 2021-07-14",
    "country": "Belgium",
    "date": "2021-07-14",
    "num_source_articles": 24,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 29,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 10,
      "high": 14,
      "medium": 5
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2021-0411-BEL.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2019-0497-ESP",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains and a 'gota fria' (DANA) caused flash floods, tornadoes, and landslides across Catalonia, Balearics, and northern Spain, resulting in casualties, infrastructure damage, and widespread service disruptions.",
    "country": "Spain",
    "date": "2019-10-22",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 11,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 3,
      "high": 3,
      "medium": 5
    },
    "domains": [
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2019-0497-ESP.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2020-0459-FRA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains and violent storms (Cévenol episodes) caused flash floods and sudden torrents in the Gard, Lozère, and Herault departments, affecting over 10,000 communes and 17 million people in the southern zone.",
    "country": "France",
    "date": "2020-09-18",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 0,
    "severity_histogram": {},
    "domains": [],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2020-0459-FRA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2020-0533-ITA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains caused widespread flooding across multiple Italian regions, with a specific failure of the MOSE flood barrier system leading to severe inundation in Venice.",
    "country": "Italy",
    "date": "2020-12-04",
    "num_source_articles": 2,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 7,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "high": 1,
      "medium": 4
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2020-0533-ITA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2023-0293-ITA",
    "trigger_summary": "Storm Minerva caused severe flooding in Emilia-Romagna (Bologna, Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini) with over 6 months' worth of rain in 36 hours, leading to river overflows, landslides, and widespread damage.",
    "country": "Italy",
    "date": "2023-05-16",
    "num_source_articles": 21,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 23,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 6,
      "high": 9,
      "medium": 8
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/agriculture",
      "economy/business_damage",
      "health/casualties",
      "health/hospital_service",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2023-0293-ITA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2021-0411-DEU",
    "trigger_summary": "Torrential rainfall from low-pressure system 'Bernd' caused catastrophic flash floods across western and central Germany, resulting in over 180 deaths, widespread infrastructure collapse, and mass evacuations.",
    "country": "Germany",
    "date": "2021-07-12",
    "num_source_articles": 22,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 18,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 8,
      "high": 8,
      "medium": 2
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/agriculture",
      "economy/business_damage",
      "health/casualties",
      "health/hospital_service",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2021-0411-DEU.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2021-0561-ESP",
    "trigger_summary": "A DANA (cold drop) event caused intense rainfall, lightning, and flash flooding across multiple provinces in Spain, including Castellón, Valencia, Tarragona, and Toledo, leading to infrastructure damage, transport disruptions, and evacuations.",
    "country": "Spain",
    "date": "2021-08-29",
    "num_source_articles": 2,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 15,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "high": 2,
      "medium": 10,
      "low": 3
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2021-0561-ESP.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2024-0077-GRC",
    "trigger_summary": "Severe floods hit the Thessaly region (including Kallithea and Zephyros), causing dam breaches, massive inundation, and significant agricultural and infrastructure damage.",
    "country": "Greece",
    "date": "2024-02-13",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 8,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "high": 1,
      "medium": 5
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/agriculture",
      "economy/business_damage",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2024-0077-GRC.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2024-0183-FRA",
    "trigger_summary": "Severe flooding across western, central, and eastern France (Indre-et-Loire, Haute-Vienne, Côte-d'Or, Yonne) caused by heavy rainfall starting March 30, 2024, leading to river overflows, evacuations, and casualties.",
    "country": "France",
    "date": "2024-03-30",
    "num_source_articles": 5,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 8,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "high": 2,
      "medium": 4
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/agriculture",
      "health/casualties",
      "health/hospital_service",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2024-0183-FRA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2024-0796-ESP",
    "trigger_summary": "Flood in Alaquàs, Albal, Aldaya, Alfafar, Algemesí, Benerússer, Catarroja, Llocnou de la Corona, Massanassa, Paiporta, Picanya, Sedaví, Utiel and La Torre municipalties (Valencia);, Letur, lbacete provinces; Castilla-La Mancha communities, Andalusia, Murcia, and the Balearic Islands, Catalonia on 2024-10-27",
    "country": "Spain",
    "date": "2024-10-27",
    "num_source_articles": 25,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 27,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 10,
      "high": 8,
      "medium": 9
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "health/casualties",
      "health/disease_outbreak",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation",
      "social/supply_shortage"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2024-0796-ESP.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2025-0183-ITA",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rainfall equivalent to a month's worth in six hours caused severe flooding in Florence, Pisa, Bologna, and Emilia-Romagna, threatening cultural heritage and infrastructure.",
    "country": "Italy",
    "date": "2025-03-14",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 7,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 1,
      "medium": 4,
      "high": 2
    },
    "domains": [
      "environment/contamination",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2025-0183-ITA.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2025-0230-HRV",
    "trigger_summary": "Flood waters subsided in Central and Eastern Croatia, including the Dubrovnik city area, by March 31, 2025.",
    "country": "Croatia",
    "date": "2025-03-26",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 0,
    "severity_histogram": {},
    "domains": [],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2025-0230-HRV.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2025-0632-ROU",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rain caused massive flooding from the Corund River in Suceava and Neamt counties, overwhelming barriers at the Praid Salt Mine.",
    "country": "Romania",
    "date": "2025-07-28",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 5,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "high": 3
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "environment/contamination",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/water"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2025-0632-ROU.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2025-0848-UKR",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rainfall equivalent to nearly two months' worth fell in seven hours in Odesa, Ukraine, causing flash floods, casualties, and widespread infrastructure damage.",
    "country": "Ukraine",
    "date": "2025-09-30",
    "num_source_articles": 14,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 12,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "critical": 2,
      "medium": 5,
      "high": 5
    },
    "domains": [
      "economy/business_damage",
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/power",
      "infrastructure/transport",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2025-0848-UKR.json"
  },
  {
    "event_id": "2025-0852-BGR",
    "trigger_summary": "Heavy rains on October 3, 2025, caused severe flooding along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, resulting in casualties, evacuations, and infrastructure damage in Elenite and surrounding areas.",
    "country": "Bulgaria",
    "date": "2025-10-03",
    "num_source_articles": 1,
    "num_cascade_nodes": 5,
    "severity_histogram": {
      "high": 2,
      "critical": 1,
      "medium": 2
    },
    "domains": [
      "health/casualties",
      "infrastructure/communication",
      "infrastructure/water",
      "social/evacuation"
    ],
    "file": "data/processed/cascade_chains/2025-0852-BGR.json"
  }
]