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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.
Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak: September 2004: Eastern United States: 120: 7: Largest hurricane-related tornado outbreak ever recorded. An F2 struck Macedonia, Florida, and killed 4. Many strong tornadoes touched down in Virginia, including an F3 that struck Remington. Tornado outbreak of November 22–24, 2004: November 22–24, 2004 ...
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
The year 2024 will go down in history as the second-worst tornado season on record, beating 2011, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center's said Friday. After a late December tornado outbreak with at least ...
A rare late-season tornado outbreak devastated states across the mid-south midwest, causing widespread damage and fatalities. Kentucky was particularly hard hit, with 75 fatalities occurring in the state. There were also 3 non-tornadic fatalities. [6] [7] 2021 Tornado: 57 (+1 indirect) 2021 Western Kentucky tornado: Western Kentucky, United ...
Spring is the peak of severe weather season across the United States, but 2024 has been incredibly active, particularly over the past few weeks, which has sent the annual tornado count toward ...
For example, the National Hurricane Center estimates that 1,200 people died in 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, but using deaths before, during and after and comparing them to 30 years of normal death ...
List of F4 tornadoes (1960–1969) List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2000–2009) List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2010–2019) List of F4, EF4, and IF4 tornadoes (2020–present) List of schools struck by tornadoes; List of tornado-related deaths at schools; List of tropical cyclones spawning tornadoes; List of tornadoes with confirmed satellite ...