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Thousands of people didn't evacuate before Hurricane Matthew. Why not?

  • Written by Jennifer Horney, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatictics, Texas A&M University
imagePost-Matthew flooding in eastern North CarolinaU.S. Army National Guard/Flickr, CC BY-ND

As Hurricane Matthew approached the Atlantic coast earlier this month, more than 2.5 million people were told to evacuate in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Further orders were issued last week in eastern North Carolina, where devastating...

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