Increased Hurricane Losses Due To More People, Wealth Along Coas...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 02/27/2008 - 23:00

A team of scientists have found that the economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the U.S. over time due to greater population, infrastructure, and wealth on the U.S. coastlines, and not to any spike in the number or intensity of hurricanes.

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