2026-05-09 · percent of weather-related deaths (EU estimate)
Heat kills more than storms in many years
Extreme heat is the quiet disaster — elderly and outdoor workers bear the risk.
Climate grids hide gigatonnes behind identical squares — the gradient is political once you see the cell count. This grid divides weather mortality (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Heat / cold extremes and Storms + floods — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of weather-related deaths (EU estimate) (0.1% of weather mortality) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Extreme weather put Heat / cold extremes at 85% of weather mortality and Storms + floods at 15% — about 100 percent of weather-related deaths (EU estimate) in this edition's rounding.
WHO / EM-DAT: temperature extremes dominate mortality in many regions.
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