TY - DATA T1 - Fatalities due to hurricane Harvey (2017) PY - 2017/12/04 AU - Maartje Godfroy AU - Sebastiaan N. Jonkman UR - https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Fatalities_due_to_hurricane_Harvey_2017_/12708032/1 DO - 10.4121/uuid:95690fdd-b13f-4bf9-a28d-c9b924696a96 KW - Casualties KW - Cause of death KW - Disaster KW - Drowning KW - Fatalities KW - Flooding KW - Harvey KW - Hurricane KW - Storm KW - Texas N2 - In order to analyse the causes and circumstances of the fatalities due to hurricane Harvey (2017), a database of reported fatalities was compiled. Information about the victim (age, gender) and the circumstances of death (location, date, cause and circumstances of death) were included. The database is limited to fatalities that occurred within the first two weeks after landfall in Texas (August 25 - September 8, 2017) and that were directly relatable to hurricane Harvey. The dataset was compiled using both official government sources and media sources. ER -