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Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities

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  • Thomas Wahl

    (College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA
    Research Centre Siegen, University of Siegen, Weidenauer Str 169, 57076 Siegen, Germany)

  • Shaleen Jain

    (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Climate Change Institute & Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine, 5711 Boardman Hall Orono, Maine 04469-5711, USA)

  • Jens Bender

    (Research Centre Siegen, University of Siegen, Weidenauer Str 169, 57076 Siegen, Germany
    Research Institute for Water and Environment, University of Siegen, Paul-Bonatz Str 9-11, 57076 Siegen, Germany)

  • Steven D. Meyers

    (College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA)

  • Mark E. Luther

    (College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA)

Abstract

The co-occurrence of storm surge and heavy precipitation can compound coastal flooding. Research now estimates the probability of such co-occurrences for the US and shows that the number of events has increased significantly over the past century.

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  • Thomas Wahl & Shaleen Jain & Jens Bender & Steven D. Meyers & Mark E. Luther, 2015. "Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(12), pages 1093-1097, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:12:d:10.1038_nclimate2736
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2736
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