Modelling the impact of Hurricane Maria on Dominica... CANCELED!

In September 2016, hurricane Maria hit Dominica a few weeks after hurricane Irma devastated St Maarten. There were 65 casualties and approximately 1.37 Billion US$ damage. Because the island is an independent country with 70000 inhabitants, it basically has to cope with this alone, and uses World Bank loans for cleaning and rebuilding. There were several types of damages: wind surges destroyed most of the roofs (currently being rebuild by the Red Cross), the coastal zone suffered sea surges, there were flash floods, landslides and debris flows. The wind also stripped large swaths of forest from its leaves. When dealing with such disaster, stakeholders generally want to know three things: where does it happen, how bad will it be and when can we expect the next one. In scientific terms: what is the multi-hazard spatial variability, what is the risk (potential damage) and what is the recurrence interval or probability.

Due to circumstances this Colloquium is canceled!