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The heat-related death rate in the U.S. (heat being either an underlying or a contributing cause) has increased since the mid 2010s. [4] Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years.
Note: Measuring the number of deaths caused by a heat wave requires complicated statistical analysis, since heat waves tend to cause large numbers of deaths among people weakened by other conditions. As a result, the number of deaths is only known with any accuracy for heat waves in the modern era in countries with developed healthcare systems.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
Fatalities estimated – remains deadliest natural disaster in North American history. 1896 Tornado: 255–400 $10 million ($307 million in 2019) St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado: Missouri: 1894 Wildfire: 418 $73 million Great Hinckley Fire: Minnesota: Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418. 1893 Hurricane: 2,000
This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War.
The U.S. Weather Bureau would describe this tornado as "the most officially observed one in history". [17] (8 significant, 1 violent, 4 killers) Tornado outbreak of April 1945: April 12, 1945: Southern Great Plains – Mississippi Valley: ≥17: 128 fatalities, 1001 injuries: A large and deadly F5 struck Antlers, Oklahoma, killing at least 67 ...
List of disasters in Canada. List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland; List of disasters in Haiti; Lists of disasters in Indonesia. List of disasters in Indonesia; List of earthquakes in Indonesia; List of natural disasters in Indonesia; List of disasters in New Zealand
List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia by death toll; List of disasters in Estonia by death toll; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll; List of disasters in Japan by death toll; List of disasters in Malta by death toll; List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll