October 5, 2024 2:34 PM

Deaths linked to hurricanes still occur years after storm hits

Hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause a surge of deaths for nearly 15 years after the initial weather event strikes, new research suggests. Governments only record the number of people killed during these tropical cyclones, usually due to drowning or injury. A new analysis, published in Nature, estimates that an average U.S. tropical cyclone indirectly causes 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths during ensuing years. Since 1930, these storms have contributed to between 3.6 million...