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Development of damage curves for buildings near La Rochelle during storm Xynthia based on insurance claims and hydrodynamic simulations
Manuel Andres Diaz Loaiza
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
JBA Consulting, Dublin, Ireland
Jeremy D. Bricker
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Remi Meynadier
Group Risk Management, AXA GIE, Paris, France
Trang Minh Duong
Department of Coastal and Urban Risk and Resilience, IHE Delft
Institute for Water Education, P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, the Netherlands
Department of Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Deltares, P.O. Box 177,
2600 MH Delft, the Netherlands
Rosh Ranasinghe
Department of Coastal and Urban Risk and Resilience, IHE Delft
Institute for Water Education, P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, the Netherlands
Department of Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands
Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Deltares, P.O. Box 177,
2600 MH Delft, the Netherlands
Sebastiaan N. Jonkman
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Extratropical cyclones are one of the major causes of coastal floods in Europe and the world. Understanding the development process and the flooding of storm Xynthia, together with the damages that occurred during the storm, can help to forecast future losses due to other similar storms. In the present paper, an analysis of shallow water variables (flood depth, velocity, etc.) or coastal variables (significant wave height, energy flux, etc.) is done in order to develop damage curves.
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