Most Hurricane Harvey deaths happened outside flood zones

[rangerrebew]

Most Hurricane Harvey deaths happened outside flood zones

"The number of fatalities outside of the floodplains highlights how widespread flooding from Harvey really was," researcher Sebastian Jonkman said.
By Brooks Hays  |  April 19, 2018 at 10:48 AM
 

April 19 (UPI) -- New research suggests Hurricane Harvey was deadlier outside the 100- and 500-year floodplains drawn by the federal government.

"It was surprising to me that so many fatalities occurred outside the flood zones," Sebastiaan Jonkman, a professor of hydraulic engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, said in a news release.

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/04/19/Most-Hurricane-Harvey-deaths-happened-outside-flood-zones/5471524147040/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=15

[thackney]

Most of the damaged homes were outside the flood plain.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/In-Harvey-s-deluge-most-damaged-homes-were-12794820.php