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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Extreme windstorms are one of the most costly natural hazards in Europe. In this work examples of how different communities respond and adapt to these extreme events are compared allowing for a better understanding and assessment of future challenges.
Paper long abstract:
Extreme windstorms are one of the major natural disasters in the extratropics, one of the most costly natural hazards in Europe and are responsible for substantial economic damages and even fatalities (Liberato et al. 2011). During the last decades Europe witnessed major damage from winter storms and in Portugal, due to the extensive human use of coastal areas, the natural and built coastal environments have been amongst the most affected.
In this paper a review of recent high impact storms which occurred in Europe, associated with adverse impacts - either from extreme wind, surges and precipitation - is presented (e.g. Liberato et al. 2013; Liberato 2014). Associated societal damages, particularly in Portugal, are discussed. Examples of how different communities respond and adapt to the storm surge risks are compared considering regional aspects. Finally, the occurrence of these extreme events is put in perspective over both the recent past (65 years; Karremann et al. 2016) and future climate scenarios (last decades of the 21st century; Ulbrich et al. 2013) in order to better understand, evaluate and prepare for future challenges.
Acknowledgements: This work is supported by FCT - project UID/GEO/50019/2013 - Instituto Dom Luiz.
References:
Karremann et al. 2016 Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 17, 6, 354-361 doi: 10.1002/asl.665
Liberato et al. 2011 Weather 66, 330-334 doi:10.1002/wea.755
Liberato et al. 2013 Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 2239-2251, doi: 10.5194/nhess-13-2239-2013
Liberato 2014 Weather and Climate Extremes, 5-6, 16-28 doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2014.06.002
Ulbrich et al. 2013 Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22, 1, 61-68 doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0420
* Also at Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
Disasters in coastal and maritime environments: problems and challenges
Session 1