The world’s largest and most comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding — via analysis of over 300 million hospitalizations records in eight countries prone to flooding events — has found an increased risk of 26 per cent of all diseases serious enough to require hospitalization. This impact on the health of communities lasts up to seven months post event.
The study, led by Monash University researchers, and published in the journal, Nature Water, found that flooding…
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