Distinguishing Tropical Cyclone-Related Flooding in U.S. Presidential Disaster Declarations: 1965–1997
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A problem exists in that the classifications used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ~FEMA! for weather-related disasters do not always allow analysts to clearly link declared disasters to their ultimate meteorological cause. This research focuses on those disasters related to flooding resulting from tropical cyclones. Neither FEMA nor the states that request federal disaster aid distinguish flood disasters by their meteorological origin, making it difficult to assess the contributions of various meteorological phenomena to the incidence and severity of Presidential Disaster Declarations ~PDD!. The data presented in this initial analysis indicate that the flood-related impacts of tropical systems are considerably broader and undoubtedly larger in economic magnitude than documented in the official records kept by FEMA. DOI: 10.1061/~ASCE!1527-6988~2005!6:2~55! CE Database subject headings: Disasters; Flood damage; Government policy; Federal government; Data collection; Tropical regions; Cyclones.
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