NYC flooding, Post Sandy. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care
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A hurricane is heading toward the coast. Weather forecasters predict strong winds, massive waves and intense rainfall. But what does that mean for you? Will your neighborhood be flooded? Should you evacuate?
A surprising and little known fact: More than half of those who die during hurricanes perish from drowning.
“If you look at the history of deaths in the U.S. from hurricanes, the vast majority of people are not dying from winds,” said Jamie Rhome, storm surge specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center. “Most deaths are attributable to water and the biggest water hazard is storm surge…”
Predicting Where Water Will Go In A Hurricane, LiveScience (04-03-2014)
In most tropical cyclones the greatest damage is done not by the wind but from the storm surge, the mountain of water pushed by raging winds from the ocean to deluge the land…
Global Lessons for Adapting Coastal Communities to Protect against Storm Surge Inundation, Journal Of Coastal Research (01-07-2014)
Coastal inundation as a result of global sea-level rise and storm surge events is expected to affect many coastal regions and settlements. Adaptation is widely accepted as necessary for managing inundation risk. However, managing this risk is inherently contentious because of many uncertainties and because a large number of stakeholder interests and values are mobilized…
