Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1573-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1573-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Research article
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31 Mar 2026
Research article |  | 31 Mar 2026

Development and validation of an Early Warning System for coastal flooding operating on a Mediterranean urban beach

Antonis Chatzipavlis, Daniele Trogu, Andrea Ruju, Juan Montes, Antonio Usai, Marco Porta, Giovanni Coco, Sandro De Muro, and Paolo Ciavola

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This study evaluates the performance of an EWS (Early Warning System) for coastal flooding operating at a beach scale. The system captures total water level exceedances based on predefined morphological thresholds and trigger timely warnings, particularly under energetic conditions. Its forecasts are found to align well with selected overtopping events of varying magnitude and duration, leading to flooding of the berm-dune zone, which have been monitored by on-site coastal videocameras.
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