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Interesting work.A lot of people only notice infrastructure after disasters happen.
The methodological choices here will matter more than most people realize. Nationwide maps set the frame, but the decisions that actually reduce loss happen at the asset and site level — where local conditions diverge sharply from regional averages. Getting the resolution right from the start shapes everything downstream.
Having lived and worked there for three years I have seen a good deal of the country and there are many bays and inlets that might well serve as funnels for tsunami's to flood and devastate. Most of the inland areas are hilly/mountainous and the weather can be severe, but torrential rains are rare. So as you can see on the map most flood prone regions are coastal. I would love to be on this project, but it probably will not require much electrical engineering input.