Hurricane Maria and Storm Surge

Oral

2011 - Numerical modeling of short and long term waves and surges in US Virgin islands

Presenting Author(s)

• TS

  Takenori Shimozono, PhD

  Associate professor
  University of Tokyo

Additional Author #1(s)

• TS

  Tomoya Shimura

Additional Author (s)

• AK

  Andrew Kennedy, PhD

  Associate Professor
  University of Notre Dame

Additional Author #2(s)

• TA

  Taro Arikawa, Prof

  Doctor of Engineering
  Chuo University

Additional Author #3(s)

• DI

  Daisuke Inazu

Additional Author #4(s)

• NM

  Nobuhito Mori, PhD

  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Additional Author #6(s)

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  Daniel Cox, PhD

  Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering
  Oregon State University

Two CAT5 hurricanes, Irma and Maria, successively passed close to US Virgin Islands in 2017. Coastal areas of the small islands were devastated by high waves and surges. It is a rare event to have two CAT5 hurricanes with similar tracks within a short period. Coastal damage processes were complex, affected by the two hurricanes with different characteristics. This study presents hindcasts of waves and surges generated by each hurricane and discusses coastal damage processes with our survey results.