Mangroves save lives in storms, study of 1999 super cyclone finds
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 16:56
in Earth & Climate
DURHAM, N.C. - A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly fewer deaths than villages that were less protected.