Posted on 11/16/2015 5:42:12 AM PST by Enlightened1
Severe weather caused 333 deaths in the United States in 2014, according to the National Weather Service's Summary of Natural Hazard Statistics for 2014.
That was the fewest in 22 years.
"Fortunately, the United States was again spared any major land falling tropical storms. There were no U.S. tropical storm related deaths in 2014," according to the report.
The last time there were fewer "fatalities caused by severe weather" was in 1992, when 308 such deaths were recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"For the third consecutive year, weather-related deaths dropped significantly," said the NOAA summary. NOAA reported 446 fatalities caused by severe weather in 2013 and 528 in 2012.
The 2014 number was also "below the 10-year average of 638 deaths," the summary stated.
Twice as many males (67 percent) as females (30 percent) died from extreme weather conditions last year, according to NOAA.
Rip-currents caused the most severe weather-related fatalities (57) in 2014, followed by wind (54), tornadoes (47), cold (43), winter (41), lightning (26), heat (20), and hurricanes (zero).
A spokeswoman for NOAA told CNSNews.com that the fatality figures are a compilation of "weather-related deaths when we have weather warnings in place," noting that they do not include all weather-related fatalities in the U.S.
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But according to Bernie Sanders it is not only more dangerous than terrorism it causes terrorism.
That can’t be!
It was the HOTTEST year on record!
This is what Bernie Sanders along with the Globalist think is the biggest threat.
This is coming from the same people that say the Earth has too many people.
Bernie Sandinista now said terrorism is caused by Global Warming, and he is serous. LOL! What a fool!
But that can’t be! The libs have been warning us for years that global warming/global cooling/climate change, etc. will lead to massive, worldwide outbreaks of super storms that will kill millions.
NOOOOOOOOOO
oh noes....run around and cry out loud.....now what are they going to do????
stupid NOAA and all of their ‘weather experts’
2014 was one of the coldest years on record.
Bernie needs to sit down and talk with his fellow "loon", Marie Harf who claims that terrorism is cause by lack of a job.
Not according to NOAA, one of the hottest so far.
I seem to recall there were over 2000 low temp records set last winter, but that’s just weather.
Climate is long term (the last 18 years don’t count).
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