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The New Year's Eve flood on Oahu, Hawaii, December 31, 1987-January 1, 1988

Title
The New Year's Eve flood on Oahu, Hawaii, December 31, 1987-January 1, 1988 / prepared by John A. Dracup [and others] for Committee on Natural Disasters, Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Dracup, John A.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Natural Disasters.
Description
xii, 72 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Natural disaster studies ; v. 1
Uniform Title
Natural disaster studies ; v. 1.
Subject
  • Floods > Hawaii > Oahu
  • Natural disasters > Hawaii > Oahu
  • Floods
  • Natural disasters
  • Hawaii > Oahu
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72)
Contents
MANAGEMENT OF THE DISASTER EVENT: Emergency warning procedures -- The predisaster period -- The New Year’s Eve storm -- Emergency management and hazard-mitigation concerns -- METEOROLOGY: 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 -- HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS: Stream runoff data and recurrence intervals -- Kawainui marsh flooding -- Sediment, debris, and landslides from the storm -- Storm drainage standards -- Postdisaster studies -- FLOODPLAIN MAPPING: Floodplain management on Oahu -- Damage from the New Year’s Eve Flood event -- LIFELINES: Transportation and roads -- Air transportation -- Electric power -- Communications -- Water supply -- Sewer systems -- Kahena Street -- DISASTER RECOVERY: The recovery period -- The emergence of conflict -- CONCLUSIONS: Weather forecast and storm warning performance -- Cause of the flood event -- Emergency response and initial recovery -- Floodplain management -- RECOMMENDATIONS: Meteorology -- Hydrology -- The warning system -- Floodplain management and the flood insurance program.
ISBN
  • 0309044332
  • 9780309044332
LCCN
90063994
OCLC
  • ocm23180753
  • 23180753
  • SCSB-8817566
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library