Hi everyone,

Today I was reading a newspaper article about the hurricane headed towards America. The article was walking about last year’s hurricane season, and one sentence made me pause:

In 2017, for the first time in over a decade, the United States was hit with four devastating hurricanes: Irma, Harvey, Nate, and Maria. Nearly 3,000 people in Puerto Rico died as a result of the latter, thanks in large part to…

Usually we use the word “latter” when we talk about the second of two options. We use the word “former” for the first one. In this case there is a list of four names, so I think a better way to write the sentence could be:

In 2017, for the first time in over a decade, the United States was hit with four devastating hurricanes: Irma, Harvey, Nate, and Maria, the last of which killed nearly 3000 people in Puerto Rico. This was in large part thanks to…

Just some food for thought. Have a good day!