The True Toll of Hurricanes

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The True Toll of Hurricanes

#1 Postby storm_in_a_teacup » Thu Oct 03, 2024 1:43 pm

Apparently a recent paper has found that when you take into account excess deaths caused by the disruption of a hurricane, the true death toll is thousands of people in the U.S. each year
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/nx-s1-51 ... ted-number
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