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Storms with female names 'more deadly'

A US study has found hurricanes named after women kill twice as many people as those named after men.

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A ground-breaking study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found North American hurricanes named after women kill twice as many people as those named after men.

Researchers believe people take storms named after women less seriously than those named after men.

North America correspondent John Stempin explained the study to Kristina Kukolja.

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