Which risk is intensified when hurricane intensity alters the longshore currents parallel to a barrier island?

💡 Explanation

Increased hurricane activity can intensify **longshore sediment transport**, potentially destabilizing unconsolidated sediments because higher energy wave action overwhelms the island's defenses leading to overwash and breaching; therefore breaching increases, rather than dune stabilization which requires stable sedimentary process.

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