RESEARCH PRODUCT

Communities face many natural hazards that threaten their safety, security, economic well-being, and natural resources. Understanding where hazards are possible in a community helps planners to make better decisions in reducing potential losses, preparing the public for future events, and recovering from disasters. Hazard maps provide community planners with an easy-to-use interface for understanding scientific information on hazard exposure.
The USGS Hazard Exposure Reporting and Analytics (HERA) project is focused on helping interested individuals, planners, and policymakers better understand how natural hazards may affect their communities. A PI-CASC funded project contributed important data that have been incorporated into this HERA tool on the impacts of sea-level rise and storms on coastal flooding hazards in Hawaiʻi, Guam, and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.