Update
10-20-2015
Content Type
Student Resource
Grade Level
Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade
Object Type
PDF
License
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This table includes fatality comparison numbers from lightning, tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes from 1940 to 2014; from heat, cold, and winter from the 1980s to 2014; from wind from the 1990s to 2014; and from rip currents from the early 2000s to 2014. As well as showing how the fatalities compare across the different hazards, the table also includes overall damages in dollars beginning in the 1980s.