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The Growing Costs of Natural Disasters Edward Tenner Nov 11 2012, 3:48 PM ET Tweet More Email Print Thankfully, fewer people die in storms in the United States than in earlier times, but damage to property has grown worse.ReutersAs thousands of survivors of Superstorm Sandy still are unable to return to their homes and others remain without power, debate over public response is growing. Does the Federal flood insurance program need reform? Will a multibillion-dollar swinging gate, like one in Rotterdam, shield Manhattan at the cost of additional flooding in Brooklyn and Staten Island neighborhoods?Historical geography helps. When I was starting to write about unintended consequences in the early 1990s,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one of the most valuable books I found about risk was the second edition (1993) of Ian Burton, Robert W. Kates (who now has an indispensable website), and Gilbert F. White, The Environment as Hazard. The death toll from natural hazards is far lower in industrial than in developing countries; in the United States,