Transposing flood risk from extreme rainfall events: A case study of Hurricane Harvey

Transposing flood risk from extreme rainfall events: A case study of Hurricane Harvey

Abstract Hurricane Harvey produced unprecedented flooding that altered flood frequency statistics near Houston, Texas. While Harvey could have made landfall elsewhere along the Gulf coast, traditional flood frequency methodologies only consider the risk of Harvey in the region that it hit. This may...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Regier, Joseph Naughton, Walter McDonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Flood Risk Management
Subjects:
flood frequency
flood risk
hurricanes
peak flows
regional regression
return periods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12778

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