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Navid Tahvildari, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University

DARK SECRETS: How ai can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives | Vintage Vibes

A hurricane's storm surge can quickly inundate coastal areas. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than US$1.5 trillion in damage and killed more than 7,000 people.

The No. 1 cause of the damages and deaths from hurricanes is storm surge.

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