heavily populated
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Atlantic hurricanes are more dangerous to human life and property as they are generally closer to more heavily populated areas.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
As these hot spots grow, they increase the likelihood that exceptionally intense tropical cyclones, sometimes described as Category '6' storms, could make landfall near heavily populated coastlines.
From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025
Coastal Florida is a heavily populated, heavily trafficked high-risk rail environment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene thrashed the US south-east, Hurricane Milton was forecast to make landfall in heavily populated central Florida.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
Until European contact the warm coastline of California was heavily populated, according to William S. Preston, a geographer at California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
