TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief communication
T2 - Rapid assessment of damaged residential buildings in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma
AU - Xian, Siyuan
AU - Feng, Kairui
AU - Lin, Ning
AU - Marsooli, Reza
AU - Chavas, Daniel
AU - Chen, Jie
AU - Hatzikyriakou, Adam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Author(s).
PY - 2018/7/27
Y1 - 2018/7/27
N2 - On 10 September 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys and caused significant damage. Informed by hydrodynamic storm surge and wave modeling and post-storm satellite imagery, a rapid damage survey was soon conducted for 1600+ residential buildings in Big Pine Key and Marathon. Damage categorizations and statistical analysis reveal distinct factors governing damage at these two locations. The distance from the coast is significant for the damage in Big Pine Key, as severely damaged buildings were located near narrow waterways connected to the ocean. Building type and size are critical in Marathon, highlighted by the near-complete destruction of trailer communities there. These observations raise issues of affordability and equity that need consideration in damage recovery and rebuilding for resilience.
AB - On 10 September 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys and caused significant damage. Informed by hydrodynamic storm surge and wave modeling and post-storm satellite imagery, a rapid damage survey was soon conducted for 1600+ residential buildings in Big Pine Key and Marathon. Damage categorizations and statistical analysis reveal distinct factors governing damage at these two locations. The distance from the coast is significant for the damage in Big Pine Key, as severely damaged buildings were located near narrow waterways connected to the ocean. Building type and size are critical in Marathon, highlighted by the near-complete destruction of trailer communities there. These observations raise issues of affordability and equity that need consideration in damage recovery and rebuilding for resilience.
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U2 - 10.5194/nhess-18-2041-2018
DO - 10.5194/nhess-18-2041-2018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050819277
SN - 1561-8633
VL - 18
SP - 2041
EP - 2045
JO - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
JF - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
IS - 7
ER -