Summary/Abstract
This study assesses the impact of tropical cyclones on educational attainment using data from 5.4 million individuals in 13 countries. The study focuses on low- and middle-income countries which may be more vulnerable to losing schooling after natural disasters because of the condition of infrastructure and available resources.
The study concluded that “[b]etween 2000 and 2020, we estimate that 79,000 children in the 13 study countries did not start school due to tropical cyclones, and, across all affected students, tropical cyclones resulted in a total loss of 1.1 My of school.” The findings “underscore[] the need for interventions to protect schooling as climate change may increase the severity of tropical cyclones.”