Really good scientific detective work, over years, gives enhanced picture of just how much extreme events impact mortality, for months, and even decades after the initial event.
This helps explain a mystery that epidemiologists have grappled with for some time – excess mortality in the US Southeast.
The video touches on hurricanes, but also extreme heat, and the newcomer, wildfire smoke, which is becoming impactful in areas where air quality has not historically been an issue, but most definitely is now.
