- The active surveillance of hurricanes in the United States is one type of mitigation strategy. A mitigation strategy is an organized plan to attempt to reduce the impact of a disaster. In epidemiologic terms, it represents prevention.
- The primary prevention strategy in the event of a hurricane is to provide early warning and evacuation. Evacuation is key as the storm surge represents the greatest threat. As evidenced above, this approach has been quite successful in reducing the number of deaths associated with hurricanes in the United States. This is particularly enlightening, because the number of events has not decreased. In fact, the amount of property loss (costs) continues to increase.
- Further Information: National Disasters: Forecasting Economic Life Losses

Other information: National Hurricane Center