Better predictions for hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, as well as tornadoes, have reduced the deathtolls from such events in recent decades. But flooding deaths are on the rise.
Heat waves rarely make lists of the deadliest natural disasters, but in modern times their deathtolls have surpassed other phenomena in the United States.
热浪很少列入了最惨重的自然灾害,但在近代,在美国由此引起的死亡人数已经超过了其他的自然现象。
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Be cautious of certain scientists making sensational claims about large deathtolls - the more serious the disease, the more money they may receive for their research.