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Gael E. Arnaud, Yann Krien, Stéphane Abadie, Narcisse Zahibo and Bernard Dudon
Tsunamis are among the deadliest threats to coastal areas as reminded by the recent tragic events in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and in Japan in 2011. A large number of tropical islands are indeed exposed due to their proximity to potential tsunami sources ...
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Kwanchai Pakoksung, Anawat Suppasri, Kazuyo Matsubae and Fumihiko Imamura
Understanding the impacts of tsunamis, especially in terms of damage and losses, is important for disaster mitigation and management. The aim of this study is to present our estimations of the potential losses from tsunami damage on Okinawa Island. We co...
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David S. Ullman, Isaac Ginis, Wenrui Huang, Catherine Nowakowski, Xuanyu Chen and Peter Stempel
The southern New England coast of the United States is particularly vulnerable to land-falling hurricanes because of its east-west orientation. The impact of two major hurricanes on the city of Providence (Rhode Island, USA) during the middle decades of ...
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Mariana Peixoto Gomes, Lara Santos, José Luís Pinho and José S. Antunes do Carmo
Coastal zones currently face severe weaknesses and are subject to high-risk situations. Tropical storm events can contribute to the occurrence of these high-risk situations by causing storm surges with high water levels and, consequently, episodes of wav...
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D. D. Bosch, D. G. Sullivan, J. M. Sheridan
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