@article{ref1,
title="Loss of life in the United States associated with recent atlantic tropical cyclones",
journal="Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society",
year="2000",
author="Rappaport, Edward N.",
volume="81",
number="9",
pages="2065-2073",
abstract="A database was established for the period 1970-99 to assess the threat to life in the contiguous United States and adjacent coastal waters from Atlantic tropical cyclones. Freshwater floods caused more than one-half of the 600 U.S. drowning deaths directly associated with tropical cyclones or their remnants during that 30-year period. More than three-quarters of the victims under age 13 died in rain-induced floods. Most fatalities occurred in inland counties. Storm surge losses were significantly (but perhaps only temporarily) less than in previous periods of comparable length. This paper presents a statistical summary of the casualties, explores reasons for the losses, and reviews efforts to mitigate the threats.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-0007",
doi="10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2065:LOLITU>2.3.CO;2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2065:LOLITU>2.3.CO;2"
}