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At least four weather-related deaths have been reported. In western North Carolina , the freezing temperatures have posed new challenges for Hurricane Helene survivors.
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.
A new study on heat-related deaths in the U.S. between the years 1999 and 2023 found that last year — the hottest year on record — had the most number of deaths in which heat was cited as an ...
The details of more deaths arrive daily. Benji Gregory, 46, a former child actor and star of the 1980s sitcom "Alf," was found in his car after dying of a suspected heat stroke.
Between 1999 and 2003, the US had a total of 3442 deaths from heat illness. Those who work outdoors are at particular risk for heat illness, though those who work in poorly-cooled spaces indoors are also at risk. Between 1992 and 2006, 423 workers died from heat illness in the US. [6] Exposure to environmental heat led to 37 work-related deaths.
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Deaths in the United States from cold weather-related causes have been rising, according to a study published Thursday in a medical journal. The study, published in the Journal of the American ...
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