Increasing exposure of energy infrastructure to compound hazards: cascading wildfires and extreme rainfall
Floods and debris flows pose a significant threat, especially when extreme rain falls over burned areas. This is an example of a compound event in which two concurrent or consecutive events lead to extreme societal impacts. Compound and cascading hazards are becoming increasingly important and have...
Main Authors: | Hamed Moftakhari, Amir AghaKouchak |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2019-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab41a6 |
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