Hurricane Michael in the Area of Mexico Beach, Florida

Andrew Kennedy; Andrew Copp; Matthew Florence; Anderson Gradel; Kurtis Gurley; Matt Janssen; James Kaihatu; Douglas Krafft; Patrick Lynett; Margaret Owensby; Jean Paul Pinelli; David O. Prevatt; Spencer Rogers; David Roueche; Zachariah Silver

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000590

Hurricane Michael in the Area of Mexico Beach, Florida

Andrew Kennedy
, Andrew Copp
, Matthew Florence
, Anderson Gradel
, Kurtis Gurley
, Matt Janssen
, James Kaihatu
, Douglas Krafft
, Patrick Lynett
, Margaret Owensby
, Jean Paul Pinelli
, David O. Prevatt
, Spencer Rogers
, David Roueche
, Zachariah Silver

Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering

University of Notre Dame
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Abstract

Category 5 Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida on October 9, 2018, with measured high water marks (HWMs) reaching 7.2 m NAVD88. The town itself received great damage, with many areas destroyed down to the foundations. In this study, we document the storm and its effects on the greater Mexico Beach area: hazard, structural damage, and their relationships. Wave and surge damage was nearly total for low-lying properties, but damage decreased greatly with increasing elevation. Major wave and surge damage was noted in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) X zones, which are out of the 100-year floodplain, and it is suggested that the 100-year storm is a deficient measure for categorizing flood risk.

Original language	English
Article number	05020004
Journal	Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering
Volume	146
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000590
State	Published - 1 Sep 2020

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Kennedy, A., Copp, A., Florence, M., Gradel, A., Gurley, K., Janssen, M., Kaihatu, J., Krafft, D., Lynett, P., Owensby, M., Pinelli, J. P., Prevatt, D. O., Rogers, S., Roueche, D., & Silver, Z. (2020). Hurricane Michael in the Area of Mexico Beach, Florida. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 146(5), Article 05020004. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000590

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