Damage Curves Derived from Hurricane Ike in the West of Galveston Bay Based on Insurance Claims and Hydrodynamic Simulations

Damage Curves Derived from Hurricane Ike in the West of Galveston Bay Based on Insurance Claims and Hydrodynamic Simulations

Abstract Hurricane Ike, which struck the United States in September 2008, was the ninth most expensive hurricane in terms of damages. It caused nearly USD 30 billion in damage after making landfall on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas. We used the Delft3d-FM/SWAN hydrodynamic and spectral wave model to s...

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Main Authors: Chaoran Xu, Benjamin T. Nelson-Mercer, Jeremy D. Bricker, Meri Davlasheridze, Ashley D. Ross, Jianjun Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-12-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Subjects:
Delft3d-FM
Flood risk
Hurricane Ike
Residential damage ratio
SWAN
Weibull function
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-023-00524-8

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-023-00524-8

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