Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1073-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1073-2018
Brief communication
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19 Apr 2018
Brief communication |  | 19 Apr 2018

Brief communication: Loss of life due to Hurricane Harvey

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, Maartje Godfroy, Antonia Sebastian, and Bas Kolen

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An analysis was made of the loss of life directly caused by Hurricane Harvey. Information was collected for 70 fatalities that occurred directly due to the event. Most of the fatalities occurred in the greater Houston area, which was most severely affected by extreme rainfall and heavy flooding. The majority of fatalities in this area were recovered outside the designated 100- and 500-year flood zones. Most fatalities occurred due to drowning (81 %), particularly in and around vehicles.
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