{"id":422804,"date":"2026-01-24T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=422804"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:00:48","slug":"claim-climate-change-causes-deadlier-disasters-with-fewer-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=422804","title":{"rendered":"Claim: Climate Change Causes Deadlier Disasters with Fewer Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by <\/strong>Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The desperate Lancet search for climate related deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don\u2019t add up
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Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Experts warn that rising global temperatures are bringing hotter summers, more frequent flooding, stronger storms and increasingly devastating wildfires and droughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overall, mortality from extreme weather disasters has fallen over recent decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not because the events haven\u2019t become more dangerous. It\u2019s because we have become a lot better at coping with them,\u201d Marina Romanello, executive director of the Lancet Countdown, a climate-health monitoring programme, told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the Lancet Countdown, global heat-related mortality reached an estimated 546,000 deaths on average per year between 2012-2021, up 63 percent from 1990-1999.

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In an annual report last week, Munich Re said deaths from floods, storms, wildfires and earthquakes rose to 17,200 last year, distinctly higher than the 11,000 fatalities recorded in 2024.

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There is \u201cno clear trend\u201d when it comes to deaths from natural disasters<\/strong>, Grimm said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/breaking-news\/climate-change-fuels-disasters-but-deaths-dont-add-up\/news-story\/faf1c7fae883f9017446dacfe88c3c18<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This desperate attempt to make heat seem more dangerous is ridiculous. Every nation, even hot countries like India, experience a surge of deaths in Winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BBC Ignore Cold-Related Deaths in\u00a0India<\/a><\/blockquote>