Storm Surges Can Kill
September 8th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
A hurricane-driven storm surge can be as destructive and deadly as a major tsunami started by an undersea earthquake or exploding volcano. In fact, tropical cyclones — called hurricanes in the Atlantic, typhoons in the eastern Pacific, and cyclones in Australia, Bangladesh, and India — have done far more damage in the past 100 years than tsunamis. Over one million people have died in hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones since 1900. And the majority of hurricane deaths have been attributed to the storm surge component of the storm.
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