DRAFTING.- A study published in the The Lancet Planetary Health magazinedetails that tropical cyclones caused 97,340 deaths between 1980 and 2019, directly or indirectly, where the Southeast Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, as the regions with the highest mortality rates due to this phenomenon.
It is the first study worldwide that deals with the epidemiological incidence of short-term mortality related to the passage of tropical cyclones.
The same was done with data from 341 locations, between cities, towns, among others, impacted by them.
.In the study, he intervened Dominic Roye as co-author, who is a researcher at the Foundation for Climate Research (FIClima) who explained to the EFE Agency the next:
«Deaths linked to the occurrence of cyclones is quantified in 97,430 people, what represents an overall increase of 6% (95% CI 4-8) in mortality in the first two weeks after the passage of cyclones».
However, he assured that the analyzes included in total 33.7 million deaths for all causes caused during the events at all 341 locations.
In addition, in the analysis were incorporated a total of 1,748 cyclones that made landfall between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2019.
“The scientific consensus shows how the recurrence and intensity of extreme events “is increasing in parallel with the increase in global temperature,” according to a statement from FIClimate.
Although tropical cyclones are more frequently observed in countries like China, Japan, and the Philippines, the Latin American and Caribbean regions, the western coastal areas of Southeast Asia, and the eastern coastal areas of East Asia and North America recorded a “high density of deaths from direct and indirect causes of the cyclones,” according to I gnawed.
Haiti, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica are among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States in North America, among those most affected by mortality rates caused by tropical cyclones.
«It is necessary to know the impact on mortality of these phenomena and the context in which it occurs is the first step to help better understand the influence of exposure to risk in the population, and develop the relevant measures to adapt to these phenomena. that could help the local population and focus on prevention,” he said. I gnawed.
