 Complete the following phrase:  The disastrous floods in the Elbe and Danube basin in summer 2002, acted as a wake-up call for the National Authorities as well as the European Commission to investigate new strategies for flood prevention and protection, with focus on co-ordinated actions among countries sharing the same river basin. Shortly after the 2002 floods, the European Commission announced in the communication COM2002-481 the development of a European Flood Awareness System EFAS  Since then, Europe has been hit by several major flood disasters such as the Elbe and Danube floods in 2006 and the 