Claim: "The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined."
Fact-check: Does heat kill more than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes?
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2023-07-28T00:00:00