Study: US Hurricanes Much Deadlier Than Government Estimates — VOA Learning English
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A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier than government estimates say. In fact, the research finds, they result in more American deaths over the long term than car accidents or wars.
The study found the average storm that hits the U.S. contributes to the early deaths of 7,000 to 11,000 people over a 15-year period.
Solomon Hsiang is a climate economist at Stanford University in California. Hsiang co-wrote the study with Rachel Young of the University of California Berkeley.
“After each storm there is sort of this surge of additional mortality in a state that’s been impacted that has not been previously documented or associated with hurricanes in any…
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