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ArticleThe journal of climate change and health2021

Convergence of climate-driven hurricanes and COVID-19: The impact of 2020 hurricanes Eta and Iota on Nicaragua.

James M Shultz, Ryan C Berg, James P Kossin, Frederick Burkle, Alessandra Maggioni, Victoria A Pinilla Escobar, Melissa Nicole Castillo, Zelde Espinel, Sandro Galea

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Article in The journal of climate change and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

James M ShultzCenter for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center), Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Ryan C BergSenior Fellow, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC 20036, USA.
James P KossinClimate Science and Services Division, NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Madison, WI 53706, USA. Current affiliation: The Climate Service, Durham, NC 27701, USA.
Frederick BurkleHarvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University & T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Senior International Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA.
Alessandra MaggioniDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Victoria A Pinilla EscobarDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Melissa Nicole CastilloDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Zelde EspinelSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Sandro GaleaRobert A Knox Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University, 715 Albany Street - Talbot 301, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
University of Miami · USBoston University · USCenter for Strategic and International Studies · USHarvard University · USNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · USSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for a record-setting 30 named storms while, contemporaneously, the COVID-19 pandemic was circumnavigating the globe. The active spread of COVID-19 complicated disaster preparedness and response actions to safeguard coastal and island populations from hurricane hazards. Major hurricanes Eta and Iota, the most powerful storms of the 2020 Atlantic season, made November landfalls just two weeks apart, both coming ashore along the Miskito Coast in Nicaragua's North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. Eta and Iota bore the hallmarks of climate-driven storms, including rapid intensification, high peak wind speeds, and decelerating forward motion prior to landfall. Hurricane warning systems, combined with timely evacuation and sheltering procedures, minimized loss of life during hurricane impact. Yet these protective actions potentially elevated risks for COVID-19 transmission for citizens sharing congregate shelters during the storms and for survivors who were displaced post-impact due to severe damage to their homes and communities. International border closures and travel restrictions that were in force to slow the spread of COVID-19 diminished the scope, timeliness, and effectiveness of the humanitarian response for survivors of Eta and Iota. Taken together, the extreme impacts from hurricanes Eta and Iota, compounded by the ubiquitous threat of COVID-19 transmission, and the impediments to international humanitarian response associated with movement restrictions during the pandemic, acted to exacerbate harms to population health for the citizens of Nicaragua.

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Climate changeClimate driverCOVID-19Humanitarian emergencyHurricaneMitigationTropical cyclone

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PMID34235501
PMCPMC8146267
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