Percentage of sandy beaches very likely (probability > 0.9) to experience erosion associated with collision, overwash, and inundation during category 1-5 hurricane landfall.

Percentage of sandy beaches very likely (probability > 0.9) to experience erosion associated with collision, overwash, and inundation during category 1-5 hurricane landfall.
	Hurricane Intensity Category
	1	2	3	4	5*
collision (dune erosion)
US Gulf of Mexico	99	100	100	100	100
US Southeast Atlantic	89	95	96	96	96
US Mid-Atlantic	91	100	100	100	-
US Northeast Atlantic	97	99	99	100	-
overwash
US Gulf of Mexico	72	83	91	96	98
US Southeast Atlantic	47	66	78	87	92
US Mid-Atlantic	29	55	83	95	-
US Northeast Atlantic	52	66	75	82	-
inundation
US Gulf of Mexico	29	57	72	80	88
US Southeast Atlantic	12	36	51	64	75
US Mid-Atlantic	12	32	53	74	-
US Northeast Atlantic	14	36	52	65	-
*Category 5 hurricane conditions were not simulated for the mid-Atlantic or Northeast Atlantic regions. See the reports listed at the bottom of the page for detailed analysis and data access.

Sources: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1084/, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1130/, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1131/, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141243