Hurricane Ian workshop #2 Report

Published

May 6, 2026

Author(s)

Daniel Cox, David Roueche, Aaron Anton, Mehrshad Amini, Amina Meselhe, Donald Slinn

Abstract

This report summarizes the second Hurricane Ian workshop, held on March 17 and 18, 2025, in Fort Myers, Florida. This second Ian workshop focused on the state of research for coastal surge and wave hazards and impacts on the built environment. Participants highlighted lessons learned and technologies developed or leveraged for reconnaissance efforts. Novel experimental campaigns and numerical model simulations were also presented, sharing integrated approaches to capture primary and cascading hazards and preliminary work applying these to interactions with the built environment. A common thread was found using Fort Myers Beach as a test bed to communicate the urgency and importance for collaborative approaches, to share data and information among agencies, researchers, practitioners, and to develop better understanding of model capabilities for prediction storm impacts from coastal surge and waves. The report concludes with strategies to be considered and potential avenues for future research including: the exploration and continued development of new technologies (e.g., sensors), methods for capturing data (e.g., surveys), continued testing either in a laboratory (e.g., scaled hurricane surge experiment), or in-situ opportunities (e.g., Rodanthe testbed).

Citation

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Series (NWIRP) - NIST NWIRP GCR 1-2

Report Number

NIST NWIRP GCR 1-2

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.NWIRP.GCR.1-2

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Keywords

Building damage, Built environment, Coastal flooding, Flood hazards, Hurricane Ian, Storm Surge, Waves.

Citation

Cox, D. , Roueche, D. , Anton, A. , Amini, M. , Meselhe, A. and Slinn, D. (2026), Hurricane Ian workshop #2 Report, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Series (NWIRP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.NWIRP.GCR.1-2, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=962066 (Accessed May 7, 2026)

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