Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-703-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-703-2021
Research article
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22 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2021

Timescales of emergence of chronic flooding in the major economic center of Guadeloupe

Gonéri Le Cozannet, Déborah Idier, Marcello de Michele, Yoann Legendre, Manuel Moisan, Rodrigo Pedreros, Rémi Thiéblemont, Giorgio Spada, Daniel Raucoules, and Ywenn de la Torre

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AR5 Sea Level Rise University of Hamburg https://icdc.cen.uni-hamburg.de/en/ar5-slr.html

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Chronic flooding occurring at high tides under calm weather conditions is an early impact of sea-level rise. This hazard is a reason for concern on tropical islands, where coastal infrastructure is commonly located in low-lying areas. We focus here on the Guadeloupe archipelago, in the French Antilles, where chronic flood events have been reported for about 10 years. We show that the number of such events will increase drastically over the 21st century under continued growth of CO2 emissions.
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