AGU2024

Dissecting Flood Losses Along the United States Gulf and East Coasts

Abstract Flood losses worldwide have increased over the last century, and they will continue to increase even under stringent climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. Along the United States Gulf and East coasts, flooding can result from various drivers including pluvial, fluvial, or coastal contributions and it can be caused by one or multiple of those drivers. Assessing how those flood drivers individually and combined cause flood losses in terms of property and crop damage, injuries, and fatalities is a challenging task.