Coastal Flood Disaster during Super Typhoon Haiyan in Hernani, Eastern Samar, Philippine

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  • 強大台風ハイヤンに伴うヘルナニ町沿岸の浸水被害の調査
  • キョウダイ タイフウ ハイヤン ニ トモナウ ヘルナニチョウ エンガン ノ シンスイ ヒガイ ノ チョウサ

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Super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in November 2013 caused coastal flooding and severe damage in coastal zones not only in bays but also along open coastlines. In the Town of Hernani, located on the open Pacific coast of Eastern Samar province in the Philippines, the flooding and resulting washed-away houses were recorded in a widely-viewed video. This paper provides field survey results from Hernani including eyewitness accounts of inundation heights and time series profiles, measured ground levels and estimated sea bottom profiles, and measured dimensions of coastal dikes and of houses shown in the video. Information gathered here suggests that wave groups were the direct cause of coastal flooding in Hernani. Results in this paper will contribute to analysis of large wave disasters and flood prevention in open coastal zones.

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