Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Natural disasters trigger complex chains of events within human societies¹. Immediate deaths and damage are directly observed after a disaster and are widely studied, but delayed downstream outcomes, indirectly caused by the disaster, are difficult to trace back to the initial event^1,2. Tropical cyclones (TCs)-that is, hurricanes and tropical storms-are widespread globally and have lasting economic impacts^3-5, but their full health impact remains unknown. Here we conduct a large-scale evaluation of long-term effects of TCs on human mortality in the contiguous United States (CONUS) for all TCs between 1930 and 2015. We observe a robust increase in excess mortality that persists for 15 years after each geophysical event. We estimate that the average TC genera

SUBMITTER: Young R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541193 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature