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Why do hurricanes with female names have a higher death count?

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Ed Yong has a great critique of the recent paper that suggests it’s because latent sexism leaves us assuming lady hurricanes will be kinder and gentler. In it, he mentions an alternate answer to the above question that made me smile in its simplicity.

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