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Estimating the death toll of Hurricane Maria
Author(s) -
Rivera Roberto,
Rolke Wolfgang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01102.x
Subject(s) - death toll , storm , toll , hurricane katrina , history , tropical cyclone , puerto rican , geography , meteorology , demography , ethnology , sociology , natural disaster , medicine , immunology
Puerto Rican authorities report only 64 deaths from Hurricane Maria, the worst storm to hit the island in nearly a century But statistical estimates point to many more victims. By Roberto Rivera and Wolfgang Rolke