Field survey of Typhoon Hato (2017) and a comparison with storm surge modeling in Macau

• Main Authors: Switzer, Adam Douglas, Mok, Kai Meng, Wang, Peitao, Peng, Dongju, Li, Linlin, Yang, Jie, Lin, Chuan-Yao, Chua, Constance Ting, Wang, Yu, Zhao, Kuifeng, Wu, Yun-Ta, Liu, Philip Li-Fan
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Typhoon Hato; Storm Surge Model; DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89866; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47711
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On 23 August 2017 a Category 3 hurricane, Typhoon Hato, struck southern China. Among the hardest hit cities, Macau experienced the worst flooding since 1925. In this paper, we present a high-resolution survey map recording inundation depths and distances at 278 sites in Macau. We show that one-half...