Author:
Jonkman Sebastiaan N.,Godfroy Maartje,Sebastian Antonia,Kolen Bas
Abstract
Abstract. An analysis was made of the loss of life caused by
Hurricane Harvey. Information was collected for 70 fatalities that occurred
due to the event and were recovered within the first 2 weeks after
landfall. Most fatalities occurred due to drowning (81 %), particularly in
and around vehicles. Males (70 %) and people over 50 years old (56 %)
were overrepresented in the dataset. More than half of the fatalities
occurred in the greater Houston area (n = 37), where heavy rainfall and dam
releases caused unprecedented urban flooding. The majority of fatalities were
recovered outside the designated 100- and 500-year flood hazard areas.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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