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Since the 1950s, the death tolls for most weather hazards in the United States have dropped by roughly 50%, even as the population has increased. Floods—particularly flash floods—are a notable exception to this pattern. The per capita U.S. death rate from flooding has decreased slightly over the past several decades, but the actual numbers killed each year have held relatively steady since the 1970s (Figure 1).
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Henson, R. (2001). U.S. Flash Flood Warning Dissemination Via Radio and Television. In: Gruntfest, E., Handmer, J. (eds) Coping With Flash Floods. NATO Science Series, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0918-8_23
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