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Health Rounds: Deaths linked to hurricanes still occur years after storm hits

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Since 1930 , tropical cyclones have contributed to between 3.6 million and 5.2 million U.S. deaths, study says.

Government tallies put the total at about 10,000 deaths after the storms.

Researchers: Tropical cyclones indirectly cause 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths during ensuing years .

Black individuals are three times more likely to die after a hurricane.

“These findings should temper the general belief that preventing mouth breathing during sleep will be universally beneficial,” they concluded. (Reporting by Nancy Lapid ; editing by Bill Berkrot ).

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