What the Weather Did / Compare

Two hazards, side by side

Pick a family for each column and read it across four measures - lives in teal, injuries in the softer teal, the raw count in slate, dollars in bronze. Bars share one scale across the gutter, so a longer bar is genuinely bigger, and every figure is flagged against the average of all twelve families.

Illustrative Illustrative stand-ins in the true shape of the record.

Heat

  • Deaths 13,400
    above average family
  • Injuries 32,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 22,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $12B
    below average family

Flood & Flash Flood

  • Deaths 10,900
    above average family
  • Injuries 9,500
    below average family
  • Events logged 185,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $180B
    above average family

Tornado

  • Deaths 6,400
    above average family
  • Injuries 110,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 74,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $95B
    above average family

Winter Weather & Cold

  • Deaths 5,100
    above average family
  • Injuries 21,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 230,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $55B
    below average family

Lightning

  • Deaths 4,300
    below average family
  • Injuries 22,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 25,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $2.4B
    below average family

Hurricane & Tropical

  • Deaths 3,900
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,600
    below average family
  • Events logged 6,200
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $480B
    above average family

Rip Current

  • Deaths 2,400
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,900
    below average family
  • Events logged 8,100
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $0
    below average family

Thunderstorm & High Wind

  • Deaths 2,100
    below average family
  • Injuries 26,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 620,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $60B
    below average family

Marine & Coastal

  • Deaths 1,600
    below average family
  • Injuries 2,100
    below average family
  • Events logged 34,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $3.2B
    below average family

Wildfire

  • Deaths 1,150
    below average family
  • Injuries 4,200
    below average family
  • Events logged 9,400
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $75B
    below average family

Hail

  • Deaths 120
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,500
    below average family
  • Events logged 430,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $90B
    above average family

Other

  • Deaths 300
    below average family
  • Injuries 1,800
    below average family
  • Events logged 45,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $6.0B
    below average family

Heat

  • Deaths 13,400
    above average family
  • Injuries 32,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 22,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $12B
    below average family

Flood & Flash Flood

  • Deaths 10,900
    above average family
  • Injuries 9,500
    below average family
  • Events logged 185,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $180B
    above average family

Tornado

  • Deaths 6,400
    above average family
  • Injuries 110,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 74,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $95B
    above average family

Winter Weather & Cold

  • Deaths 5,100
    above average family
  • Injuries 21,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 230,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $55B
    below average family

Lightning

  • Deaths 4,300
    below average family
  • Injuries 22,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 25,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $2.4B
    below average family

Hurricane & Tropical

  • Deaths 3,900
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,600
    below average family
  • Events logged 6,200
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $480B
    above average family

Rip Current

  • Deaths 2,400
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,900
    below average family
  • Events logged 8,100
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $0
    below average family

Thunderstorm & High Wind

  • Deaths 2,100
    below average family
  • Injuries 26,000
    above average family
  • Events logged 620,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $60B
    below average family

Marine & Coastal

  • Deaths 1,600
    below average family
  • Injuries 2,100
    below average family
  • Events logged 34,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $3.2B
    below average family

Wildfire

  • Deaths 1,150
    below average family
  • Injuries 4,200
    below average family
  • Events logged 9,400
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $75B
    below average family

Hail

  • Deaths 120
    below average family
  • Injuries 3,500
    below average family
  • Events logged 430,000
    above average family
  • Damage (nominal) $90B
    above average family

Other

  • Deaths 300
    below average family
  • Injuries 1,800
    below average family
  • Events logged 45,000
    below average family
  • Damage (nominal) $6.0B
    below average family

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