• Would you live near a coast? What level of risk from tsunamis & hurricanes is acceptable to you?
• How would you know if the coastal risk was assessed accurately?  What are the characteristics of a good coastal risk assessment? (How would you know if an area were at risk for either or both of these hazards? How are these hazards similar?  How do they differ?)
• What should be done by people and communities in coastal areas to prepare for the hazard and prevent catastrophe?

• What factors influence the impact of tsunamis & hurricanes?
• How do coastal hazards vary from place to place? Why?

1. In what ways are tsunamis & hurricanes predictable?
2. To what other hazards are tsunamis & hurricanes linked?
3. What are the potentially disastrous consequences of tsunamis & hurricanes?
4. In what ways has human activity made tsunamis & hurricanes hazards catastrophic?
5. How can the hazardous consequences of tsunamis & hurricanes be minimized?

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) links

• National Flood Insurance Program: Flood Hazard Mapping
• flood zone maps: https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home
• NOAA Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper

Articles

• Human Activity Makes India's Coastlines More Vulnerable
• Cape Cod: Shipwrecks, Dune Shacks, and Shifting Sands
• Climate Change Indicators: Coastal Flooding

• Chapter 10 (focus on tropical cyclones/hurricanes)
• Chapter 11

• News & research stories:
  • Marine Heat Waves Make Tropical Storm Intensification More Likely
  • We’ve Already Seen Category 6 Hurricanes—Now Scientists Want to Make It Official
  • Hurricane Idalia shows nature may provide the best shoreline protection
  • Forecasts for dangerous storm surge see a big upgrade this year
  • Hunting Hurricanes
  • We're Hitting the Limits of Hurricane Preparedness
  • Cyclone Tauktae Documents a Climate Trend in the Tropics
  • To Make Better Hurricane Models, Consider Air Pollution
  • Hurricane Sandy (NPR Coverage)
  • Hurricane Andrew's Legacy: 'Like A Bomb' In Florida
  • Atmospheric Rivers Spur High-Tide Floods on U.S. West Coast
  • Sea Level Science and Applications Support Coastal Resilience
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • National Hurricane Center
  • NHC Cone Heads in a New Direction
  • additional Hurricane info
  • reports on past tropical cyclones & hurricanes
  • Historical Hurricane Tracks search engine (hint: enter a city, complete the search, then increase the search distance to see more hurricane tracks)
• NASA
  • Sea Level Projection Tool
• Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment: Storm Surge Guidance for Emergency Management and Real-Time Decisions
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Hurricanes
• US Geological Survey
  • Hurricanes
• Centers for Disease Control
  • Hurricanes
• U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
  • Hurricanes
  U.S. State Dept.
  • Hurricanes
• Institute for Business & Home Safety: Hurricanes
• American Red Cross Disaster Relief
  • Hurricanes
• BBC
  • Hurricanes
• National Geographic Society
  • Natural Disasters Information: Hurricanes
  • Natural Disasters Videos: click on Hurricanes
  • Forces of Nature: Hurricanes

• Chapter 4

• Seismic Sources in the Aleutian Cradle of Tsunamis
• Sensor Network Warns of Stealth Tsunamis
• The Hazard Cascade That Led to the Anak Krakatau Landslide
• Gravel Gives Clues to the Strength of Paleotsunamis
• A Tokyo resident describes the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Read text
• Image of the Week - 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
• Decoding an Ancient Tsunami from the Ground Up
• Looking to the Sky for Better Tsunami Warnings

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Tsunamis
• International Tsunami Information Center
  • http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Tsunamis
• US Geological Survey
  • Tsunamis
• Centers for Disease Control
  • Tsunamis
• U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
  • Tsunamis
  U.S. State Dept.
  • Tsunamis
• Oregon Tsunami Clearinghouse
• American Red Cross Disaster Relief
  • Tsunamis
• BBC
  • Tsunamis
• National Geographic Society
  • Natural Disasters Information: Tsunamis
  • Natural Disasters Videos: click on Tsunamis
  • Why Indonesia's 'volcano tsunami' gave little to no warning