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Hydrometeorological Hazards: Monitoring, Forecasting, Risk Assessment, and Socioeconomic ResponsesHydrometeorological hazards are caused by extreme meteorological and climate events, such as floods, droughts, hurricanes,tornadoes, or landslides. They account for a dominant fraction of natural hazards and occur in all regions of the world, although the frequency and intensity of certain hazards and societies vulnerability to them differ between regions. Severe storms, strong winds, floods, and droughts develop at different spatial and temporal scales, but all can become disasters that cause significant infrastructure damage and claim hundreds of thousands of lives annually worldwide. Oftentimes, multiple hazards can occur simultaneously or trigger cascading impacts from one extreme weather event. For example, in addition to causing injuries, deaths, and material damage, a tropical storm can also result in flooding and mudslides, which can disrupt water purification and sewage disposal systems, cause overflow of toxic wastes, andincrease propagation of mosquito-borne diseases.
Document ID
20170003273
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Wu, Huan
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Huang, Maoyi
(Pacific Northwest National Lab. Richland, WA, United States)
Tang, Qiuhong
(Academia Sinica Beijing, China)
Kirschbaum, Dalia B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ward, Philip
(Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date Acquired
April 7, 2017
Publication Date
January 1, 2017
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Meteorology
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Company
Volume: 2016
ISSN: 1687-9309
e-ISSN: 1687-9317
Subject Category
Geosciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN41150
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
hydrometeorological
hazards
landslides

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