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Floods associated with 25% rise in US deaths from several major causes

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Total count of flood events per county by flood causes during 2001–2018. Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03358-z

Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9% higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions. A new study in the journal Nature Medicine

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