Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Loss of Life in the United States Associated with Recent Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Abstract:
Freshwater floods caused more than half of US deaths directly associated with tropical cyclones or their remnants during the 30-year period from 1970-1999. Most fatalities occurred in inland counties. Statistical summary of casualties, reasons for losses, and review of efforts to mitigate threats.
Source(s):
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 81, No. 9
Date: 2000
Author:
Rappaport
Keywords:
Flooding
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