Article: Deaths associated with Hurricanes Marilyn and Opal - United States, September-October 1995.

The 1995 hurricane season was one of the most severe in U.S. history and included 11 hurricanes. During a 2-week period, the two most damaging storms hurricanes Marilyn and Opal--made landfall in the United States. To characterize the deaths attributed to these storms, CDC contacted medical examiners/coroners (ME/CS) in the affected areas. This report summarizes the findings of these investigations.

Hurricane-related deaths can occur before (preimpact), during (impact), and after (postimpact) a hurricane strikes land. Deaths determined by local ME/CS to be "disaster-related" are those directly (i.e., resulting from the environmental force of the hurricane) or ...

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