Coastal Impacts of an El Niño Season

Bruce Richmond and Ann Gibbs
USGS

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There are three major forms of coastal impact during an El Niño season:

• beach loss and coastal erosion caused by huge storm-driven waves
• landslides and flooding caused by high rainfall storms
• coastal flooding caused by huge waves and high sea levels
  

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