Natural Disasters May Widen Income Gap, Report Says
Scientific American concludes that disasters correlate to a 1-percentage-point increase in poverty in the affected areas. It also finds that the rich leave disaster-prone areas but the poor can't.
by Scott Neuman
Jul 03, 2017
1 minute
Natural disasters in the United States may cause an increase in poverty and a widening economic gap between rich and poor, according to a new study.
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