Heatwaves are the most deadly form of natural disaster
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Heatwaves are the most deadly form of natural disaster
Stay cool and safe everyone! #Heatwavepic.twitter.com/8CvyXeJYJF
Turns out I got it slightly wrong - heatwaves are AUSTRALIA'S most deadly natural disaster https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-18/heatwaves-australias-deadliest-hazard-why-you-need-plan/9338918 …
That being said, I don't think I'm entirely wrong, the deaths attributable to heatwaves are extremely high - >3,000 estimated by this study in France https://www.jstor.org/stable/20486164?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents …
I don't doubt high death tolls. And these can be quite significant in areas that are not normally warm. My recollection (which is why I asked for citations) is that cold kills 10x as many as heat.
I think the reason that cold is not usually considered is because it is not a natural disaster in the areas that it occurs in
Humans are weird? Honestly, not sure. I'm probably getting this all wrong, not my area of expertise
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