It's been very cold in Florida so far this winter, where three of the reports are from. Cold in the eastern half of the US, and some of these reports are from Arkansas and Lousiana which were swept by cold fronts. And some are from the UK, which has had a brutally cold winter, and from elsewhere in Europe, which also has had a cold winter.
There are ample news reports to support the conclusion that many of these kills could be caused by cold weather. Occam's razor is the best approach when evaluating such events.
I’ve heard that it’s been cold down south and that theast coast/ mid-atlantic are getting hammered with snow. got a friend down in TX that said it was 31 this morning.
so the only ones i would hesitate to blame on the weather are the ones in the midwest.
now the ones in australia, new zealand brazil, haiti and the phillipine’s (isn’t it summer there?) any idea what they can be blamed on?