Female-named hurricanes cause `` significantly more deaths , '' a study finds . Researchers analyzed over six decades of death rates from U.S. hurricanes . Experiment participants considered hypothetical male storms deadlier than female storms . The results showed that the effect was strongest for women who were widowed or divorced and had children younger than 18 years old at the time of their hurricane's landfall. "
Female-named hurricanes cause `` significantly more deaths , '' a study finds . Researchers analyzed over six decades of death rates from U.S. hurricanes . Experiment participants considered hypothetical male storms deadlier than female storms . One critic says earlier hurricanes , which were deadlier , were only given female names .