I'll explain. We are subjected to many "natural disasters" throughout the year and - due to climate change* we almost expect to see them frequently or more frequently. I guess what I was trying to get at was that I expect to see recorded fatalities in developing or third-world nations, not in somewhere like the United States. I was just surprised to see that.
Well I mean with a storm that was as bad as this one (along with the one that slammed North Carolina), you run the risk of fatalities. Flooding and storm surge is going to happen in places that are prone to it, and that's why the people who live in those areas are told to leave or they risk their lives. It's high in third world countries because of poor infrastructure or simply nowhere else to go. It's not the same TBH.
And before the climate change thing is brought up, it's also the middle of hurricane season. Ends next month.
