Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] Graph showing the accumulative mortality deaths from tropical storms in the US southeast.

Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?

30 Sep 2025 | Abstracted from NPR

A new study, entitled "Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States" and published in Nature, reveals that excess deaths in the Southeastern U.S. are linked not to disasters themselves, but to long-term economic and health impacts from repeated exposure to climate shocks. New research shows these "invisible deaths" stem from systemic vulnerability, poor infrastructure, and underinvestment in recovery, to date taking more lives than all America's wars combined.

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