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  2. 5 days ago · The Puerto Rican government raised Maria’s death toll from 64 to 2,975 after a report on storm fatalities was published in August 2018 by researchers at George Washington University. Earlier, an academic report published in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated 4,645 people died during the storm and its aftermath .

  3. 3 days ago · The 1900 Galveston Hurricane: The Deadliest Disaster of All. On September 8, 1900, a massive hurricane slammed into the bustling island city of Galveston, Texas with 145 mph winds and a storm surge up to 15 feet high. Unprepared residents had little warning before the storm made landfall, as weather forecasting was still an emerging science at ...

  4. 5 days ago · The indirect death toll is much higher; an estimated 2,975 people in total died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria, in the six months after the hurricane, due to the effects of catastrophic damage to the island's infrastructure.

  5. 4 days ago · The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued a warning for an “above average” hurricane season in the North Atlantic in 2024. Based on data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this would mark the ninth consecutive year of anomalies. Typically, an average year sees 14 named storms with wind speeds ...

  6. May 16, 2024 · In May a study in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated based on interviews that 793 to 8,498 people died for reasons related to Hurricane Maria, with many of those deaths being...

  7. 4 days ago · However, the death toll decreased from more than 350,000 in the 1970s to less than 20,000 in 2010-2019. Reported economic losses in 2010-2019 were at 573.2 billion dollars. 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook. Credit: NOAA. High ocean temperatures and La Niña.

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