2022 Hurricane Fiona
Event Date :
11-18-2022
Location :
Puerto Rico
Report Date :
03-08-2023
Event Category:
Hurricane
Storm Magnitude:
Category 1
Report Number:
GEER-081
DOI:
doi:10.18118/G6Z38B
Event Latitude:
17.986988376789185
Event Longitude:
-67.105003
Team:
| Alesandra Morales (Team Leader; University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Stephen Hughes (Co-Team Lead; University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Karl Lang (Georgia Tech) |
| Frances Rivera-Hernandez (Georgia Tech) |
| Paola Vargas (Georgia Tech) |
| Jorge Mario Lozano (Georgia Tech) |
| Efstratios Karantanellis (Co-Team Lead; University of Michigan) |
| Mirna Kassem (UC Berkeley) |
| Drew Gomberg (UC Berkeley) |
| Ries Plescher (University of Michigan) |
| Edwin Irizarry (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Estefania Vicens (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Tania Figueroa (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Coralis Friedman (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Kiara Cunillera (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Anishka Ruiz (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
| Victor Ortega (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez) |
Summary:
Amidst a very active wet season in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona impacted the island on September 28, 2022, bringing over 25 inches of rainfall in some places. The hurricane caused hundreds to thousands of lan dslides, in addition to extensive flooding and isolated bridge failures. The GEER Hurricane Fiona mission in Puerto Rico was carried out by 13 members during two time periods: 15-19 Oct 2022 and 30-Oct to 08-Nov 2022. The main mission of the two teams was to document and study the geotechnical impacts of Hurricane Fiona and document the induced damages in 50 initial target locations across the island. Instrumentation used in this expedition included GPS trackers, Filio application, and UAVs. Almost exactly 5 years after Hurricane María, we compare the differences and similarities of the two events and the effects on the natural and built landscape. This report includes an appendix with links to over 1,600 images of sites that were visited by our team.
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The work of the GEER Association, in general, is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation through the Geotechnical Engineering Program under Grant No. CMMI-1266418. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The GEER Association is made possible by the vision and support of the NSF Geotechnical Engineering Program Directors: Dr. Richard Fragaszy and the late Dr. Cliff Astill. GEER members also donate their time, talent, and resources to collect time-sensitive field observations of the effects of extreme events.
