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* The heavy precipitation, high winds, and attendant flooding and/or storm surges that directly result from these atmospheric disturbances, can result in the deaths of thousands. The Galveston, Texas Hurricane of 1900, caused 8,000 deaths when a storm surge of 15.7 feet, completely inundated the Island who's highest altitude was 8.7 feet.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y ago#1 - heat #2 - lightning #3 - winter storms (ice) This source was from 2000, so it may be a bit outdated but fatalities from heat were significantly higher than anything else. Source: http://www.weather.gov/os/hazstats/sum00.pdf
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∙ 14y agoFlash flooding is number one bacuse it effects people at a large scale. For example, when a hurricane hits land, it brings flooding rains as far as 100 miles inland.
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∙ 12y agoHeat kills more people each year than all other weather events combined.
It's not as sexy as a tornado, so the media doesn't say much about the heat wave.
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∙ 12y agoAccording to NOAA it is heat followed by floods.
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∙ 12y agoNo. While they are the number one killer form of violent weather, the actual deadliest type of weather in the U.S. are heat waves.
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∙ 12y agoHurricanes, Thunderstorms, and Tornadoes
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∙ 14y agofloods
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