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

Thomas Wahl (), Shaleen Jain, Jens Bender, Steven D. Meyers and Mark E. Luther
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Thomas Wahl: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA
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
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

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 12, 1093-1097

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.

Date: 2015
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