Deadlier Atlantic storms excessively killing US people of color – study
by Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter from on (#6DX3Y)
Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019
Atlantic storms have become deadlier as the planet warms - and are disproportionately killing people of color in the US, a landmark new study has found.
About 20,000 excess deaths - the numbers of observed rather than expected deaths - occurred in the immediate aftermath of 179 named storms and hurricanes which struck the US mainland between 1988 and 2019.
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