In 2024, 568 people died due to weather disaster events in the United States. During the previous decade (2010-2019), 5,227 fatalities were reported caused by billion-dollar climate and weather disasters.

In December of 2023, around 187 people died from natural cold in the United States. The number of natural heat or cold deaths in 2023 peaked in July, when 577 people died from heat in the United States. This statistic shows the number of deaths from natural heat or cold in the United States in 2023, by month.

Winter weather-related deaths amounted to 1,541 instances in the United States between 2009 to 2019. This was a 93 percent increase compared to the previous decade. Wildfire deaths have seen the largest rate of growth in the U.S. with a 160 percent increase.

In July of 2021, around 307 people died from natural heat in the United States. The number of natural heat or cold deaths in 2021 peaked in February, when 393 people died from cold in the United States. This statistic shows the number of deaths from natural heat or cold in the United States in 2021, by month.

Many tropical and subtropical species are sensitive to sudden temperature changes, especially drops in temperature. During winters 2009–2010 and 2010–2011, unusually cold temperatures occurred in many parts of Florida, USA, resulting in increased mortality of Florida manatees, sea turtles, fish, corals, and other species. The Florida manatee, in particular, is highly susceptible to cold stress and death when water temperatures drop below 20°C. We sought to characterize the magnitude and timing of reports of cold-related manatee carcasses in relation to fluctuations in water and air temperatures in central-east and central-west Florida during the six winters from 2008 to 2014. We used a generalized linear model to predict counts of manatee carcasses with a cold-related cause of death reported over 7-day bins in relation to various short-term (two weeks or less) and cumulative (incrementally summed from the start of the winter) heating-degree-day effects (HDD; < 20°C) and a categorical winter variable. Using water temperature data, the top-ranked model in both regions included a short-term temperature effect (14-day HDD sum) that preceded increases in reports of cold-related manatee carcasses by 7 days. Cumulative exposure to cold weather over the winter amplified effects on mortality in the central-east region. Quantifying the relationship between cold events and manatee mortality helps us prepare for rescue and salvage operations when extremely cold weather is forecast. This is especially important because anticipated loss or degradation of warm-water refuges due to human activities and sea level rise could potentially impact the manatee population in the future. These methods could also be applied to other species susceptible to cold-related mortality.

The graph illustrates the number of flu-related deaths in the United States for each flu season from 2010-2011 to 2023-2024*. The x-axis represents the flu seasons, labeled from '10-11 to '23*-24*, while the y-axis shows the annual number of flu deaths. Throughout this period, flu deaths vary significantly, ranging from a low of 4,900 in the 2021-2022* season to a high of 51,000 in both the 2014-2015 and 2017-2018 seasons. Other notable figures include 36,000 deaths in 2010-2011, 42,000 in 2012-2013, and a recent increase to 28,000 in the 2023*-2024* season. The data exhibits considerable fluctuations with no consistent upward or downward trend, highlighting the variability in flu mortality rates over the years. This information is presented in a line graph format, effectively showcasing the yearly changes and peaks in flu-related deaths across the United States.

*Data for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons are estimated.

This statistic shows the number of fatalities due to significant heat or cold waves worldwide from 1900 to 2016*. The heat wave in Russia in June 2010 led to 55,736 deaths.

The costliest heat wave occurred in China in 2008. The heat wave caused estimated economic damage of about 21.2 billion U.S. dollars.

This is the companion dataset to the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology manuscript "Microclimatic Variability of Cold-Season Minimum Temperatures in Michigan, United States: A Study with Implications for Insect Mortality" [submitted]. The contents of the dataset are described in detail in the document "00_README_master" and in the metadata below. The manuscript abstract is as follows: Gridded climate datasets are used by researchers and practitioners in many disciplines, including forest ecology, agriculture, and entomology. However, such datasets are generally unable to account for microclimatic variability, particularly within sites or among individual trees. One such dataset is a recent climatology of extreme minimum temperatures in the United States Great Lakes region, based on the Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) gridded temperature dataset. Development of this climatology was motivated by interest in the spatiotemporal variability of winter temperatures potentially lethal to the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) (Adelges tsugae Annand) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), an invasive insect that causes mortality of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). In this study, cold-season daily minimum temperatures were monitored at six Michigan sites varying in latitude, elevation, Great Lakes proximity, and HWA infestation status, to address two objectives. First, we documented the spatiotemporal variability in daily minimum air temperatures recorded at multiple aspects and heights on selected hemlock trees. Second, this variability was characterized in the context of the PRISM extreme minimum temperature climatology. Tree-sensor air temperatures exhibited minimal relationships with aspect, but considerable sensitivity to height. Daily minimum temperatures were higher for some tree sensors positioned <= 0.2 m above ground level during some time periods, with overall muted temporal variability, compared to an adjacent ambient sensor. This phenomenon was attributed to insulating effects of snow cover, as tree-ambient sensor temperature difference was positively correlated with snow depth. Overall, results indicate that such unresolved variability warrants consideration by gridded climate dataset users.

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Data from a study of a servere cold event in February 2023 on the survival of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) from four populations in Canada. Cold temperatures can play a significant role in the range and impact of pest insects. Severe cold events can reduce the size of insect outbreaks or in some cases even cause outbreaks to end. Measuring the precise impact of cold events, however, can be difficult because estimates of insect mortality are often made at the end of the winter season. In late January, 2023 long-term climate models predicted a significant cold event to occur over eastern North America. We used this event to evaluate the immediate impact on hemlock woolly adelgid overwintering mortality at four sites on the northern edge of the insects invaded range in eastern North America. We observed complete mortality, partial mortality and no effect of the cold event that correlated with the location and strength of the cold event. Our data also showed lack of support for preconditioning of overwintering adelgids as impacting their overwintering survival following this severe cold event. Finally, we compared the climatic conditions at our sites to historical weather data. The cold event observed in February 2023 resulted in the coldest temperatures observed at these sites, including the period within which hemlock woolly adelgid invaded these sites, suggesting cold conditions, especially under anthropogenic climate forcing, may not be a limiting factor in determining the ultimate northern range of hemlock woolly adelgid in eastern North America. Methods Insects were collected from infested trees at 4 sites in 2 Canadian provinces immediately before and immeditely after a severe cold spell. The health and status of the insects (live/dead) was determined in a laboratory. The survival was then compared to observed temperature data extracted from Environment and Climate Change Canada weather stations.

This layer maps economic damage due to climate change by county level across the United States. Projections for three time periods and two emissions scenarios are included for agricultural production, human mortality, and energy expenditures.The default symbology and pop-up display change in energy expenditures for an intermediate emission scenario (RCP 4.5) for the period 2040-2059 relative to 2012.AttributesEnergy - Percent change in residential and commercial sector energy expenditure relative to 2012. Estimates are based on modeling from Rhodium Group’s version of the National Energy Modeling System RHG-NEMS.Mortality - Net change in deaths per 100,000 population due to heat and cold. Changes are reported relative to 2012 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Agriculture - Percent change in total agricultural yields, area-weighted average, for maize, wheat, soybeans, and cotton due to climate change including effects of CO2 fertilization. Changes are reported relative to statistics from the US Department of Agriculture in the year 2012. Counties with null values did not have production of these crops in 2012.High Risk Labor - Percent change in labor productivity in high risk sectors. High risk sectors consist of agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining quarrying, oil extraction, gas extraction, utilities, construction, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing. Total Labor - Percent change in labor supply of full-time-equivalent workers for all jobs. Values are based on total productivity losses assuming there is no growth in the labor force and account for changes in labor supply. Changes are reported relative to statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the year 2012.Emissions Scenarios Representative Concentration Pathwaysintermediate (RCP 4.5) and high (RCP 8.5)Time PeriodsTwo-Decade periods2020-20392040-20592080-2099For more information about how the data used in this layer were created see:Climate Impact LabHsiang, S., Kopp, R.E., Jina, A., Rising, J., Delgado M., Mohan, S., Rasmussen, D.J., Muir-Wood, R., Wilson, P., Oppenheimer, M., Larsen, K., and Houser, T. (2017). Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States. Science. doi:10.1126/science.aal4369

The United States had a higher death rate per capita in 1970 than the Soviet Union, with 9.4 deaths per thousand people compared to 8.2 respectively. This would change in the subsequent decades, however, as the U.S.' death rate would fall to roughly 8.7 deaths per thousand people, compared with an increase to 10.6 in the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s. While some of the Soviet Union's increase was simply due to improved reporting of deaths, particularly across Central Asia, a large part has been attributed to the role played by alcoholism in relation to accidental deaths and alcohol-related illnesses.

Rank, number of deaths, percentage of deaths, and age-specific mortality rates for the leading causes of death, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

Shrub expansion into grasslands can cause abrupt changes in ecosystem processes. Creosote (Larrea tridentata) is a native shrub in warm, arid deserts of the southwestern US and has taken over C4 grasslands. A limited freeze tolerance is thought to dictate the northern boundary of creosote and the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge occurs near to the northern extent of creosote. Cold temperatures are known to damage creosote. In laboratory trials, temperatures of -25 for 1 hour lead to xylem damaging embolism in nearly 100% of stems and temperatures of -24 C lead to seedling death in the lab. Sevilleta LTER meteorological data from a station located within creosote shrublands indicated a low temperature of -20 C between 1999 and 2010. On February 3, 2011 temperatures hit record lows in central New Mexico, reaching -30 C at shrublands within the SNWR. To address how creosote responds to a natural extreme cold events, plots were established to monitor creosote initial response and regrowth following the cold event. Initial surveys will determine canopy death and subsequent surveys of the same individuals will allow us to determine how creosote responds to record cold temperatures.

In select years between 1970 and 1989, the Soviet Union's death rate was often significantly higher than that of the United States, apart from 1970 where the U.S.' rate was higher. The reason for this reversal has been attributed to a number of factors, most notably the improvements in Soviet data collection, which gave more accurate records as the years progressed, as well as the deterioration of the Soviet Union's economic situation in the 1970s and 1980s, which led to declining living standards, rising levels of alcoholism and substance abuse, and a strain on the USSR's healthcare infrastructure.

Between 1970 and 1988, major cardiovascular diseases were the most common cause of death in both the United States and Soviet Union. However, the death rate in the U.S. fell between the given years, whereas the USSR's rate increased significantly, especially during the 1970s. Malignancies (i.e. cancers) were the second most common cause of death, with both death rates rising over time. Other causes that that varied greatly between the two countries were accidents and adverse effects, where the USSR's rate was almost double that of the U.S. in 1980; pulmonary diseases, where the U.S. rate was higher in 1988 despite having been four times lower in 1970; and diabetes, where the U.S. rate was higher by a factor of 11 in 1970 and a factor of four in 1988.

There were, of course, variations between the two countries in their standards of diagnosis and the classification of causes of death, with U.S. records generally thought to be more accurate, whereas the USSR's rates improved with time. The Soviet Union also did not provide separate data for deaths caused by liver disease or pneumonia/influenza, possibly due to the rise and prevalence of alcohol-related deaths during the given period, which the government wished to downplay. Preventable deaths related to alcohol and substance abuse (including tobacco) were major factors in the Soviet Union's high death rates in certain categories, such as accidental deaths, pulmonary disease, and suicides. In contrast, the U.S.' higher rate of diabetes deaths has been attribute to an increase in levels of Type 2 diabetes, which is most-commonly caused by lifestyle and dietary factors.

The burden of influenza in the United States can vary from year to year depending on which viruses are circulating, how many people receive an influenza vaccination, and how effective the vaccination is in that particular year. During the 2023-2024 flu season, around 28,000 people lost their lives to the disease. Although most people recover from influenza without needing medical care, the disease can be deadly among young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems or chronic illnesses. Deaths due to influenza Even though most people recover from influenza without medical care, influenza and pneumonia can be deadly, especially for older people and those with certain preexisting conditions. Influenza is a common cause of pneumonia and although most cases of influenza do not develop into pneumonia, those that do are often more severe and more deadly. Deaths due to influenza are most common among the elderly, with a mortality rate of around 32 per 100,000 population during the 2023-2024 flu season. In comparison, the mortality rate for those aged 50 to 64 years was 9.1 per 100,000 population. Flu vaccinations The most effective way to prevent influenza is to receive an annual influenza vaccination. These vaccines have proven to be safe and are usually cheap and easily accessible. Nevertheless, every year a large share of the population in the United States still fails to get vaccinated against influenza. For example, in the 2022-2023 flu season, only 35 percent of those aged 18 to 49 years received a flu vaccination. Unsurprisingly, children and the elderly are the most likely to get vaccinated. It is estimated that during the 2022-2023 flu season, vaccinations prevented over 929 thousand influenza cases among children aged 6 months to 4 years.

Recent studies show that compact groups appear to follow an evolutionary sequence, linked to gas depletion, caused by interactions in the dense environment. Spitzer photometry of Hickson Compact Groups show a distinctive gap in IRAC colourcolour space, suggesting rapid evolution from dusty to dustfree systems which seems to correlate with HIdepletion in the galaxies, but the mechanism responsible is poorly understood. Originally rampressure stripping, by analogy with clusters, was thought to be responsible, but the HI depletion is uncorrelated with thepresence of hot Xray gas. Based on our recent Spitzer spectroscopy of a sample of HCGs, we propose a new hypothesis that connects the colour evolution to the HIdepletion seen in the group galaxies. In this scenario, galaxies collide with previously stripped tidal debris, that either heats the disk ISM or strips it, thus shutting off star formation and accelerating the transition from dusty, gasrich disks to gaspoor, dustfree systems. PACS deep OI63 and CII158 maps allow us to look for smooth bow shock or clumpy shock signatures to discern between heating and stripping of the disk gas. SPIRE cold dust imaging will allow us to search for additional evidence of disk disruption and truncation. This project requires 80.6 hours of observing time. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]

This statistic shows a list of heat waves and cold waves experienced in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by the number of fatalities that occurred as a result. In the deadliest event on record, around 1,260 people lost their lives as a result of a heat wave in 1980 in Missouri and Tennessee.

The Korean War was an international military conflict which lasted from June 1950 until July 1953, which pitted the communist forces of North Korea, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China against South Korea and a U.S.-led UN force comprised of troops from over 20 additional countries. The war was the United States' first major military engagement of the Cold War, the period of rivalry and heightened tension between the world's two superpowers, the U.S. and Soviet Union. While the war was one of the deadliest in the Cold War and the 20th century in general, it resulted in a stalemate between the North and South, with the boundary between the two countries remaining to this day at the 38th parallel line. The two countries remain technically at war to the present day, as the South's dictator, Syngman Rhee, refused to sign the peace agreement which in practice ended the fighting in the war.

U.S. military deaths in Korea

The majority of U.S. military fatalities during the Korean War were battle deaths (63 percent), with a smaller number of deaths while missing (12 percent), deaths while captured (eight percent), or deaths from battle wounds (seven percent). In addition, around three percent of deaths were from airplane crashes which were not caused by hostile forces, with another seven percent dying of other causes unrelated to battle. In total around 36,000 U.S. military servicemembers were killed in Korea, out of a total of around 40,000 deaths for the UN forces combined. The war was the United States' second deadliest conflict of the Cold War, as well as its fifth deadliest ever, after the Vietnam War, World War I, World War II, and the Civil War.