Flood Risk and Vulnerability Analysis Project - Atlantic Climate ...

Given the reported damages resulting from tropical storms and hurricanes (e.g., Igor), the Flood
Events inventory was searched for mentions of floods resulting from these severe storms (Table
5-4). Storm track data (Unisys Weather, 2011) for each recorded event was imported into a
GIS. Unfortunately, data for the October, 1955 event is not available. Storm tracks from 2000
through 2011 were examined, and data from those events with tracks near Newfoundland were
brought into a GIS. Over the 12 year period, 30 total storm tracks were examined. Figure 5-3
uses 2010 as an example, showing storm tracks for hurricanes Earl and Igor. In the figure, Igor
tracks along the eastern shore of Newfoundland, while Earl tracks along the western shore,
continuing up into eastern Labrador. An examination of the storm tracks alone does not provide
much new information, only highlighting the vulnerability of western, southern, and eastern
shores to direct hurricane and tropical storm forces.
Figure 5-2.Carbonear (green dot) displayed with surrounding
terrain, hydrography and watershed (red). Inset map shows
location on Avalon Peninsula, with the map extent in yellow,
watershed in red and town in green, overlain onto ASTER DEM.
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