Editing Extreme weather (section)

=== Casualties ===
The death toll from [[natural disaster]]s has declined over 90 percent since the 1920s, according to the International Disaster Database, even as the total human population on Earth quadrupled, and temperatures rose 1.3&nbsp;°C. In the 1920s, 5.4&nbsp;million people died from natural disasters while in the 2010s, just 400,000 did.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The international disasters database |url=https://www.emdat.be/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618042527/https://www.emdat.be/ |archive-date=2021-06-18 |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=EM-DAT}}</ref>

The most dramatic and rapid declines in deaths from extreme weather events have taken place in south Asia. Where [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone|a tropical cyclone in 1991 in Bangladesh]] killed 135,000 people, and a [[1970 Bhola cyclone|1970 cyclone]] killed 300,000, the similarly-sized [[Cyclone Amphan|Cyclone Ampham]], which struck India and Bangladesh in 2020, killed just 120 people in total.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Deadliest Tropical Cyclone on Record Killed 300,000 People |url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2019-05-01-deadliest-tropical-cyclone-bhola-cyclone-bay-of-bengal-bangladesh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200630/https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2019-05-01-deadliest-tropical-cyclone-bhola-cyclone-bay-of-bengal-bangladesh |archive-date=2021-06-24 |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=The Weather Channel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amphan's Toll: More Than 100 Killed, billions in Damage, Hundreds of Thousands Homeless |url=https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/amphans-toll-more-than-100-killed-billions-in-damage-hundreds-of-thousands-homeless |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014065036/https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/amphans-toll-more-than-100-killed-billions-in-damage-hundreds-of-thousands-homeless |archive-date=2020-10-14 |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=www.wunderground.com |language=en}}</ref>

On July 23, 2020, Munich Re announced that the 2,900 total global deaths from natural disasters for the first half of 2020 were a record-low, and "much lower than the average figures for both the last 30 years and the last 10 years."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Very high losses from thunderstorms – The natural disaster figures for the first half of 2020 |url=https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2020/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2020.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200316/https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2020/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2020.html |archive-date=2021-06-24 |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=www.munichre.com |language=en}}</ref>

A 2021 study found that 9.4% of global deaths between 2000 and 2019 – ~5&nbsp;million annually – can be attributed to extreme temperature with cold-related ones making up the larger share and decreasing and heat-related ones making up ~0.91% and increasing.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2021 |title=Extreme temperatures kill 5 million people a year with heat-related deaths rising, study finds |language=en |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/08/extreme-temperatures-kill-5-million-people-a-year-with-heat-related-deaths-rising-study-finds |url-status=live |access-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814142855/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/08/extreme-temperatures-kill-5-million-people-a-year-with-heat-related-deaths-rising-study-finds |archive-date=14 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zhao |first1=Qi |last2=Guo |first2=Yuming |last3=Ye |first3=Tingting |last4=Gasparrini |first4=Antonio |last5=Tong |first5=Shilu |last6=Overcenco |first6=Ala |last7=Urban |first7=Aleš |last8=Schneider |first8=Alexandra |last9=Entezari |first9=Alireza |last10=Vicedo-Cabrera |first10=Ana Maria |last11=Zanobetti |first11=Antonella |last12=Analitis |first12=Antonis |last13=Zeka |first13=Ariana |last14=Tobias |first14=Aurelio |last15=Nunes |first15=Baltazar |display-authors=1 |date=1 July 2021 |title=Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study |journal=The Lancet Planetary Health |language=English |volume=5 |issue=7 |pages=e415–e425 |doi=10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00081-4 |issn=2542-5196 |pmid=34245712 |s2cid=235791583 |doi-access=free |last16=Alahmad |first16=Barrak |last17=Armstrong |first17=Ben |last18=Forsberg |first18=Bertil |last19=Pan |first19=Shih-Chun |last20=Íñiguez |first20=Carmen |last21=Ameling |first21=Caroline |last22=de la Cruz Valencia |first22=César |last23=Åström |first23=Christofer |last24=Houthuijs |first24=Danny |last25=Dung |first25=Do Van |last26=Royé |first26=Dominic |last27=Indermitte |first27=Ene |last28=Lavigne |first28=Eric |last29=Mayvaneh |first29=Fatemeh |last30=Acquaotta |first30=Fiorella|hdl=2158/1285803 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

A 2023 study published in ''The Lancet Planetary Health'' estimates that extreme cold events contributed to over 200,000 excess deaths and extreme heat events contributed to over 20,000 excess deaths in European urban areas between 2000 and 2019.'''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Masselot |first=Pierre |last2=Mistry |first2=Malcolm |last3=Vanoli |first3=Jacopo |last4=Schneider |first4=Rochelle |last5=Iungman |first5=Tamara |last6=Garcia-Leon |first6=David |last7=Ciscar |first7=Juan-Carlos |last8=Feyen |first8=Luc |last9=Orru |first9=Hans |last10=Urban |first10=Aleš |last11=Breitner |first11=Susanne |last12=Huber |first12=Veronika |last13=Schneider |first13=Alexandra |last14=Samoli |first14=Evangelia |last15=Stafoggia |first15=Massimo |date=2023-04-01 |title=Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2542519623000232 |journal=The Lancet Planetary Health |language=English |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=e271–e281 |doi=10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00023-2 |issn=2542-5196 |pmid=36934727|hdl=10230/57139 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>'''