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Why counting disaster fatalities is harder than it looks

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (774+ words) This article was first published on the UNDRR PreventionWeb site. A hazard event occurs. Imagine that the first report says 20 people have died. By the evening, the number is 27. The following day, authorities report 23. A week later, some people initially…...