I'm following the horrible news about the damages and deaths Tropical Cyclone Nargis caused in Asia, Myanmar (so far +22,000 deaths confirmed, but numbers are expected to climb way over 50,000).
Found the areal photos below (before and after the storm), showing that a 12 foot storm surge basically wiped out many miles of the coastlines.
Seeing images like that makes me wonder, if a 'perfect storm', a cat 3-5 hitting at the right angle or with a path along the Dominican coasts could do here the same, specially to the low lying areas along the north coast?
Scary.
Found the areal photos below (before and after the storm), showing that a 12 foot storm surge basically wiped out many miles of the coastlines.
![Myanmar_TMO_2008126.jpg](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/May2008/Myanmar_TMO_2008126.jpg)
Seeing images like that makes me wonder, if a 'perfect storm', a cat 3-5 hitting at the right angle or with a path along the Dominican coasts could do here the same, specially to the low lying areas along the north coast?
Scary.