Read here. Steve Goddard listed the 25 worst disasters, and they all occurred prior to the 1980's and prior to CO2 levels being above the "disastrous," end-of-the-world 350 ppm point.
Using the same source as Steve, below are two bar graphs depicting the 100 worst disasters for the 20th century. As the charts reveal, there was only a single 1990's severe weather related event (a non-earthquake, non-volcano, non-epidemic ) that managed to make it in the top 100. This indicates (despite the continuous, hysterical alarmist claims) that high levels of CO2 and "unprecedented" global warming appear to be unrelated to severe weather events.
So, the next time you read or hear that a bureaucrat/scientist, or a celebrity, or a reporter, or a politician claim that severe weather events are more deadly and more frequent, you'll know you are witnessing a flat-out, agenda driven liar.
For more postings about severe weather data and research, go here. If you prefer, SPPI has consolidated multiple 'C3' severe weather postings in a single PDF, which can be downloaded from here. (click on images to enlarge)
So far, during the 21st century, two severe weather events would have a
fatality count that would exceed the smallest of the top 100 20th
century disasters. Neither the 2003 European heatwave, nor the 2008 Myanmar cyclone
though, would have made the top 25 list of 20th century disasters.
[Note: 2010 Pakistan floods and Russian heatwave would not have made
either list.]
Special note: Approximately 20,000 lives were lost during the 2003 European heatwave. From Wikipedia, here are top reasons given why so many of France's citizens perished:
1. "Because of the usually relatively mild summers, most people did not know how to react to very high temperatures"
2. "most single-family homes and residential facilities built in the last 50 years were not equipped with air conditioning"
3. "Furthermore, while there were contingency plans for a variety of natural and man-made catastrophes, high temperatures had never been considered a major hazard"
4. "The heat wave occurred in August, a month in which many people, including government ministers and physicians, are on holiday (Many bodies were not claimed for many weeks because relatives were on holiday)"
5. "The administration of President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin laid the blame on families who had left their elderly behind without caring for them"
6. "the 35-hour workweek, which affected the amount of time doctors could work and family practitioners vacationing in August"
7. "Many companies traditionally closed in August, so people had no choice about when to vacation"
8. "Family doctors were still in the habit of vacationing at the same time"
9. "Many blamed Health Minister Jean-François Mattei for failing to return from his vacation when the heat wave became serious, and his aides for blocking emergency measures in public hospitals (such as the recalling of physicians)"
10. "blamed the Raffarin administration for ignoring warnings from health and emergency professionals and trying to minimize the crisis."