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Japanese:Storm Surge Heights and Damage Caused by the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan Along the Leyte Gulf Coast 
English:Storm Surge Heights and Damage Caused by the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan Along the Leyte Gulf Coast 
Author
Japanese: Takahito Mikami, Tomoya Shibayama, Hiroshi Takagi, Ryo Matsumaru, Miguel Esteban, Nguyen Danh Thao, Mario De Leon, Ven Paolo Valenzuela, Takahiro Oyama, Ryota Nakamura, Kenzou Kumagai, Siyang Li.  
English: Takahito Mikami, Tomoya Shibayama, Hiroshi Takagi, Ryo Matsumaru, Miguel Esteban, Nguyen Danh Thao, Mario De Leon, Ven Paolo Valenzuela, Takahiro Oyama, Ryota Nakamura, Kenzou Kumagai, Siyang Li.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
Japanese:Coastal Engineering Journal 
English:Coastal Engineering Journal 
Volume, Number, Page         page 27
Published date Jan. 2016 
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Official URL http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0578563416400052?src=recsys
 
DOI https://doi.org/10.1142/S0578563416400052
Abstract Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the islands of Leyte and Samar, the central part of the Philippines, on 8 November 2013, bringing large-scale devastation to coastal areas due to the high winds and large storm surge and waves associated with it. In order to obtain the distribution of storm surge heights and damage covering the wide stretch of affected coastline, the authors carried out a series of field surveys in the aftermath of the typhoon (in December 2013, May 2014, and October 2014). In the present paper, the authors detailed the results of these field surveys and summarized the characteristics of the storm surge and main causes of the damage, especially focusing on the Leyte Gulf coast, which is surrounded by the eastern coast of Leyte and the southern coast of Samar. Finally, the wide range of types of storm surge disasters were also discussed by comparing Typhoon Haiyan with other recent major events.

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