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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title New Year's Eve Flood on Oahu, Hawaii : December 31, 1987-January 1, 1988
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (88 pages)
Contents ""THE NEW YEAR'S EVE FLOOD ON OAHU, HAWAII DECEMBER 31, 1987-JANUARY 1, 1988""; ""Copyright""; ""NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES""; ""INVITATION FOR DISCUSSION""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1�Introduction""; ""FLOODS AS NATURAL DISASTERS""; ""EXPECTED LEVEL OF FLOOD PROTECTION""; ""2�Management of the Disaster Event""; ""EMERGENCY WARNING PROCEDURES""; ""THE PREDISASTER PERIOD""; ""THE NEW YEAR'S EVE STORM""; ""EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HAZARD-MITIGATION CONCERNS""; ""3�Meteorology""; ""INTRODUCTION""
""METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON DECEMBER 31, 1987""""RADAR AND SOUNDING ANALYSIS""; ""RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION""; ""RAINFALL RECURRENCE INTERVALS""; ""A MODEL OF THE NEW YEAR'S EVE STORM""; ""WIND DAMAGE""; ""4�Hydrology and Hydraulics""; ""STREAM RUNOFF DATA AND RECURRENCE INTERVALS""; ""KAWAINUI MARSH FLOODING""; ""SEDIMENT, DEBRIS, AND LANDSLIDES FROM THE STORM""; ""STORM DRAINAGE STANDARDS""; ""POSTDISASTER STUDIES""; ""5�Floodplain Mapping""; ""FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ON OAHU""; ""DAMAGE FROM THE NEW YEAR'S EVE FLOOD EVENT""; ""6�Lifelines""; ""TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS""
""AIR TRANSPORTATION""""ELECTRIC POWER""; ""COMMUNICATIONS""; ""WATER SUPPLY""; ""SEWER SYSTEMS""; ""KAHENA STREET""; ""7�Disaster Recovery""; ""THE RECOVERY PERIOD""; ""THE EMERGENCE OF CONFLICT""; ""8�Conclusions""; ""WEATHER FORECAST AND STORM WARNING PERFORMANCE""; ""CAUSE OF THE FLOOD EVENT""; ""EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INITIAL RECOVERY""; ""FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT""; ""9�Recommendations""; ""METEOROLOGY""; ""HYDROLOGY""; ""THE WARNING SYSTEM""; ""FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND THE FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM""; ""References""
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Subject Floods -- Hawaii -- Oahu
Natural disasters -- Hawaii -- Oahu
Floods
Natural disasters
Hawaii -- Oahu
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309583121
0309583128