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On average tornadoes kill about 60 people each year.
Tornadoes kill 60-80 people in an average year.
In 2009 45 people were killed by tornadoes including 22 in the U.S.
Tornadoes don't kill people every day. On average about 80 people are killed by tornadoes each year.
Tornadoes in the U.S. kill about 60 people each year on average.
No. Tornadoes are very powerful storms, and while it's possible for a tornado to kill people, it is not inevitable. Many tornadoes kill no one at all. In fact, only about 2% of tornadoes are killers. However, the tornadoes that make the news and get the headlines are the ones in which people ARE killed and injured. The prime adage of the news editor is "If it bleeds, it leads!"
Annually in the U.S. tornadoes kill about 60 people and injure about 1,000.
On average tornadoes kill 60 people each year in the U.S.
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Most tornado deaths are from flying and falling debris, which can pierce, pummel, and crush people. Less often people may be picked up and thrown by tornadoes, which not many people survive.
There were no deaths or injuries from the tornadoes of April 11, 2012. Both of the tornadoes in Texas on that date were rated EF0 and such tornadoes hardly ever kill.
In the 21st century tornadoes killed at least 1,637 people. 1,227 of them were in the U.S. It is likely that some deaths in other countries were not documented.