Experts are growing more concerned by the amount of deaths after a hurricane passes. They've seen indirect death totals increasing in recent years.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricanes are terrifying and deadly forces, but experts are growing more concerned by the amount of deaths tallied up after a storm is passed, as they've observed indirect death totals increasing in recent years.
Since 2017, the NHC has seen seven deaths related to storm surge. In comparison, just in the last two storm seasons, it's seen 70 indirect deaths from just hurricanes Laura and Ida. In 2019, the NHC released a study showing 90% of hurricane-related deaths were water-related, with 49% of that statistic involving storm surge. Since then, the NHC targeted residents with messages of deadly storm surge hoping to get them to evacuate flood-prone areas. During Ida, only one person in Louisiana died in the storm surge.
Weather Bad news for hurricane season: Loop Current, monster storm fueler, looking a lot like it did in year of Katrina The 2020 season's Hurricane Laura also struck the Louisiana area with high storm surge. Laura directly killed seven people in the U.S. None of the fatalities were reported as storm-surge-related, and all seven seemed to have died due to trees falling. However, there were 34 indirect deaths in Louisiana and Texas — all 34 were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning.
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