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Accordingly, the Government of Puerto Rico released updated death statistics for the months following Hurricane Maria on June 13. [20] Compared to the average deaths in September to December 2013 – 2016, September to December 2017 had 1,427 excess deaths; however, it is unknown how many of these deaths are attributable to the hurricane.
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths.
Radar image of Hurricane Maria at 0950 UTC September 20, just before landfall in Puerto Rico. This was the last image from the radar before it was destroyed. Maria first developed into a tropical depression on September 16 while it was located about 665 miles (1,070 km) east of Barbados. [1]
Hurricane Maria. Year: 2017. Death Toll: 2,982. Financial Impact: Estimated $91.6 billion. This one’s recent enough to remember: The Category 4 hurricane hit Puerto Rico, causing widespread ...
An independent investigation found that the actual death toll from the storm is drastically higher than the government's official death toll of 64. Report: Nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico ...
The data showed 1,427 more deaths from Sept. to Dec. 2017 than the period's average over the previous four years Puerto Rico Has Released New Data Detailing Deaths in the Wake of Hurricane Maria ...
With Maria becoming the first Category 5 hurricane on record to strike Dominica, [26] 2017 also became the only season other than 2007 to have at least two cyclones make landfall at Category 5 intensity. [41] Maria caused a major humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, resulting in nearly $91 billion in damage and a death toll that exceeded 3,000.
In an independent report, researchers have estimated that there were 2,975 excess deaths in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria’s devastating impacts. Maria death toll estimated at nearly ...