Thomas Ibanez

May 15, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Thomas Ibanez |Univ Montpellier |IRD Montpellier France |David Bauman

1 INTRODUCTION Tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes or typhoons) are large-scale disturbances that predominantly impact islands and coastal areas (Ibanez et al., 2022; Lin et al., 2020; Lugo, 2008). Globally, an average of almost 90 tropical cyclones per year occurred over the past four decades (Bourdin et al., 2022; Murakami et al., 2020), of which a half affected coastal areas (Wang & Toumi, 2021).