The Damages of Coastal Dikes and River Levees and Their Restoration

Abstract

The coasts of Ise Bay and Atsumi Bay were damaged by two big storm surges during the recent seven years, one was the Ise Bay Typhoon in 1959 and the other the Typhoon No.13 in 1953. In this report the aspect of storm surge due to the Typhoon No.13 and the restoration design of the coastal-dikes are described. Then the feature of damages of the coastal-dikes by the Ise Bay Typhoon are compared with the former and the restoration plans are explained.