Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-THR-0018

Extreme storms, floods & landslides

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About Extreme storms, floods & landslides

A recurring Kauaʻi conservation pressure: Extreme storms, floods & landslides.

Names and classification

Record type
threat

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Recorded state
Recurring episodic

Threats and conservation

Pressure source
Tropical storms, intense rainfall, high waves and slope failure
Exposure pathway
Windthrow, flooding, erosion, landslides, sediment pulses and coastal overwash
Consequences
Physical mortality/damage, erosion, turbidity, habitat reset and infrastructure impacts
Affected requirements
Habitat structure, water quality, stream/coastal stability and small populations
Susceptibility
Steep watersheds, riparian/stream systems, wetlands, coasts, reefs and isolated rare species
Reversibility
Many natural systems recover if connectivity and native source populations persist; small populations may not
Early warning indicators
Rainfall intensity; flood stage; landslides; turbidity; canopy loss; shoreline change

Conservation interventions

Implementation limits
Magnitude, exposure and trend are not assumed uniform across Kauaʻi; local evidence governs.

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