This report is based on the contributions presented at a NEDIES expert meeting on lessons learnt from storm disasters held in Ispra, at the JRC, on 3 and 4 May 2001. Chapter 2 portrays the lessons learnt from various storm disasters experienced throughout Europe. Chapter 3 summarises the various lessons learnt from the participating EU Member States and offers some conclusions arising both from the analysis of the lessons learnt contributions and the discussions made during the expert meeting.