Reply #32: HEAT kills more ... NOT tornadoes, floods or earthquakes - HEAT!

[66 dmhlt]

The numbers are striking. According to the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Delaware, an average of 1,500 American city dwellers die each year because of the heat. Annual deaths from tornadoes, earthquakes and floods together total fewer than 200.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/13/health/most-deadly-of-the-natural-disasters-the-heat-wave.html

Granted, the data is a little old - but it's hard to imagine an exponential change in leas than a decade.