1. Peligro por ciclones tropicales en la Zona Especial de Desarrollo del Mariel.
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Zamora Fernández, Maria de los Angeles, Azanza Ricardo, Julia, and Hernández Valdés, Kenia
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TROPICAL cyclones , *DAMAGES (Law) , *ECONOMIC sectors , *HURRICANES , *RISK assessment - Abstract
Industrial facilities are vulnerable to the strike of natural phenomena. Their effects on these facilities can cause great economic losses and trigger other process that threat human health and contaminate the environment. Tropical cyclones are one of the most harmful natural phenomena to Cuba because of its recurrence and destructive force. Determining the frequency and intensity with which them might affect important economic places, is vital in order for facilities to get adequately prepared and minimize damages. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to characterize tropical cyclones that have affected Mariel's Special Development Zone (ZEDM in Spanish), where are located more than 50 companies from different economic sectors with great significance to Cuba. It was created a tool that allows to study the tropical cyclones that have affected this area in the 1851-2020 period according to their formation area, intensity, frequency and probability of occurrence. Results shown that the studied area is highly affected by category 1 and 2 hurricanes, with September and October's average paths. This information is useful for optimizing the risk assessment in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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