“The average storm hitting the U.S. contributes to the early deaths of 7,000 to 11,000 people over a 15-year period, which dwarfs the average of 24 immediate and direct deaths that the government counts in a hurricane’s aftermath…”

Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come

A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier in the long run than the government calculates.

Rachel Young described the prolonged and outsized impacts of cyclones on Science in Action last week, a flood-heavy episode with John Wehner's instant assessment of #Helènewww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

BBC World Service - Science In Action, Excesses of rain

How much did climate change drive storm Helene?