Harvey deaths held down by heeded warnings, rescues, luck
Harvey has so far killed at least 70 people who drowned in floods, got crushed by trees and died during power outages " a surprisingly low toll that experts say reflects heeded warnings, swift action by first responders and volunteers, and no small amount of luck."It was astounding that we didn't have a much larger loss of life," said Phil Bedient, co-director of a Rice University effort to research severe storms and evacuations. "It is a relatively low number for as big a storm as [...]
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