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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.
Nearly half of these types of forecasts result in flood-related deaths or injuries, and they account for more than $72.8 billion in damage over the last 15 years.
70 tornadoes, with one of the deadliest in Henryville, Indiana. 41 tornadic deaths, with another 2 from related weather. 43 2014 2014 Oso mudslide: Mudflow: Oso, Washington: 42 1846 1846 Havana hurricane: Tropical cyclone Florida: 40 in Key West, Florida, one in Savannah, Georgia, and one in South Carolina: 42 1929 1929 Rye Cove tornado outbreak
In Tennessee, where the highest number of weather-related deaths was reported so far, a box truck driver was killed Monday evening when he lost control of the vehicle on a snowy Knoxville highway ...
Two deaths in Tennessee were both related to falling trees, including the death of an elderly woman in the city of Hendersonville after a tree fell on her while out walking.
In May 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documented 26 weather-related fatalities and 110 weather-related injuries in the United States and Territories of the United States. [196] 2022 Iraq dust storms [197] May 12 – A derecho in the Midwestern United States caused 5 deaths, 13 injuries and $1.3 billion in damage.
And in Mississippi, where officials reported five winter weather-related deaths, an estimated 12,000 customers in the capital city of Jackson were dealing with low water pressure Thursday.
In Europe, the European Severe Storms Laboratory documented 1,482 weather-related injuries and 568 weather-related fatalities. [1] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documented 796 weather-related fatalities and at least 1,327 weather-related injuries in the United States and the territories of the United States. [2]