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Despite being over 800 miles from the Gulf Coast, remnants of hurricanes or tropical storms, are rare but not unheard of in the Great Lakes.
Superstorm Sandy's massive wind field in late October 2012 knocked out power in Detroit and Toronto, whipped up destructive waves sinking 30 boats on the lakeshore in Cleveland, and damaged a garage at Indiana Dunes State Park. Wind gusts over 40 mph were recorded as far west as Wisconsin from Sandy.
In September 2008, after ransacking the upper Texas coast, Hurricane Ike raced through the Ohio Valley, producing an estimated 1,600-mile long swath of wind damage from Texas to upstate New York, including the eastern Great Lakes.
Ike's remnant also triggered major flooding in Chicagoland, with some three-day rain totals topping 10 inches in northwest Indiana and northern Illinois.
According to NOAA's historical hurricane tracks database, three other tropical cyclone remnants tracked within 65 nautical miles of downtown Chicago since 1950.
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Hurricane Maria killed at least 70 times more people on Puerto Rico than the island's government listed in its official death toll of 64, a new study has found.
The study, performed by Harvard University scientists and published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, concluded at least 4,645 Americans were killed by the hurricane that struck Puerto Rico last September. This number includes not only the people who died in the hurricane, but also those who were indirectly killed afterward from injury or illness.
"Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria," wrote the researchers in the study.
The Washington Post noted information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says indirect deaths should also be attributed to a storm's death toll. For example, if prolonged power outages prevent a person with a chronic illness from getting the treatment they need, their death should be added to that storm's count.
But that didn't happen in Puerto Rico in the wake of the storm.
To find the answer to a difficult question, the researchers surveyed almost 3,300 homes across Puerto Rico and compared the number of deaths with the number of deaths that should have occurred from Sept. 20 through the end of the year. They found the mortality rate at the end of 2017 was 62 percent higher than a year ago.
The authors of the study eventually reached a final estimate of 5,740 direct and indirect Maria deaths, saying many of the victims who died lived alone, and therefore could not be part of the survey.
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This two graphics represent people's opinions about human activity as the guilty of climate change. The difference between them is that the first one corresponds to a survey carried out in 2012, while the second one corresponds to a survey carried out in 2013. In the second one we can observe a higher degree of agreement and a higher degree of responsibility and awareness.
This week in order to improve my English I have invited my Buddy to spend the weekend at my house. We have practised the language during the whole weekend as well as having a great time! I strongly recommend the Buddy Program.
Despite being over 800 miles from the Gulf Coast, remnants of hurricanes or tropical storms, are rare but not unheard of in the Great Lakes.
Superstorm Sandy's massive wind field in late October 2012 knocked out power in Detroit and Toronto, whipped up destructive waves sinking 30 boats on the lakeshore in Cleveland, and damaged a garage at Indiana Dunes State Park. Wind gusts over 40 mph were recorded as far west as Wisconsin from Sandy.
In September 2008, after ransacking the upper Texas coast, Hurricane Ike raced through the Ohio Valley, producing an estimated 1,600-mile long swath of wind damage from Texas to upstate New York, including the eastern Great Lakes.
Ike's remnant also triggered major flooding in Chicagoland, with some three-day rain totals topping 10 inches in northwest Indiana and northern Illinois.
According to NOAA's historical hurricane tracks database, three other tropical cyclone remnants tracked within 65 nautical miles of downtown Chicago since 1950.
Gotten from https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-05-29-subtropical-storm-depression-alberto-remnant-great-lakes-canada
Hurricane Maria killed at least 70 times more people on Puerto Rico than the island's government listed in its official death toll of 64, a new study has found.
The study, performed by Harvard University scientists and published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, concluded at least 4,645 Americans were killed by the hurricane that struck Puerto Rico last September. This number includes not only the people who died in the hurricane, but also those who were indirectly killed afterward from injury or illness.
"Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria," wrote the researchers in the study.
The Washington Post noted information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says indirect deaths should also be attributed to a storm's death toll. For example, if prolonged power outages prevent a person with a chronic illness from getting the treatment they need, their death should be added to that storm's count.
But that didn't happen in Puerto Rico in the wake of the storm.
To find the answer to a difficult question, the researchers surveyed almost 3,300 homes across Puerto Rico and compared the number of deaths with the number of deaths that should have occurred from Sept. 20 through the end of the year. They found the mortality rate at the end of 2017 was 62 percent higher than a year ago.
The authors of the study eventually reached a final estimate of 5,740 direct and indirect Maria deaths, saying many of the victims who died lived alone, and therefore could not be part of the survey.
Gotten from https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-05-29-hurricane-maria-death-toll-puerto-rico-harvard-study
This two graphics represent people's opinions about human activity as the guilty of climate change. The difference between them is that the first one corresponds to a survey carried out in 2012, while the second one corresponds to a survey carried out in 2013. In the second one we can observe a higher degree of agreement and a higher degree of responsibility and awareness.
This week in order to improve my English I have invited my Buddy to spend the weekend at my house. We have practised the language during the whole weekend as well as having a great time! I strongly recommend the Buddy Program.
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