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Obituaries

June 20, 2021  Tuscaloosa, Alabama

silive.com/nation/2021/06/tropical-depression-claudette-kills-12-in-alabama-including-10-children-report

"a 24-year-old man and his 3-year-old son were killed near Tuscaloosa...when a tree fell on their home."

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June 26, 2021  Saint Paul, Oregon

apnews.com/article/canada-lifestyle-heat-waves-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-

The farmworker "...collapsed...as a heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest in all-time, record-high temperatures."

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August 21, 2021  Humphreys County, Tennessee

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twin-babies-were-swept-away-tennessee-floods-killed-least-22

"The 7-month-old twins who died in catastrophic flooding in Tennessee...were 'swept away'."

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September 2, 2021  Middlesex County, New Jersey

nj.com/weather/2021/09/nj-weather-body-of-edison-man-recovered

"Two men were swept into a 36-inch storm sewer pipe, but only one of the men was rescued."

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March 18, 2022  Eastland County, Texas

bigcountryhomepage.com/weather/eastland-county-deputy-killed-while-trying-to-save-people-from-the-horrible-fires

"An Eastland County Deputy was tragically killed while trying to save citizens from devastating fires."

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April 22, 2022  Washington, D.C.

nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/climate-activist-self-immolation-supreme-court

He was apparently trying "'to bring attention to [the] climate crisis'.”

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June 25, 2022  Pasadena, California

abc11.com/california-ups-driver-dies-signs-of-heatstroke-esteban-chavez-heat-related-deaths

"a UPS driver in Southern California...died from heatstroke after finishing his last delivery."

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July 15, 2022  Hardin, Montana

krtv.com/news/accident-crash/update-6-dead-several-injured-in-i-90-multi-vehicle-crash

 

"Six people died - two of them children...The cause [was] a sudden and intense...dust storm."

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July 29, 2022  Knott County, Kentucky

nytimes.com/live/2022/07/29/us/kentucky-flooding-west-virginia#four-children-dead-kentucky-flood

 

"they climbed onto the roof...[and] eventually guided their children to a tree. But the waters were too strong."

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September 29, 2022  New Smyrna Beach, Florida

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/us/hurricane-ian-victims-drowned

"Ms. Argo’s...husband, 67 years old and 250 pounds, had fallen and hit his head, and she could not lift him."

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January 9, 2023  San Luis Obispo County, California

nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/missing-5-year-old-california-floods

"Kyle’s mother took him out of his car seat...but lost hold of her son in the coursing stream."

                                                

August 30, 2017  Houston, Texas

chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-Police-officer-drowns-in-Harvey

 

"a 34-year-veteran of the Houston Police Department drowned in his car in [Hurricane] Harvey floodwaters."

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April 14, 2018  Brooklyn, New York 

newsweek.com/new-york-lawyer-burns-himself-death-protest-fossil-fuels

David Buckel committed suicide to protest: "Pollution [which] ravages our planet...& air made unhealthy by fossil fuels."

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July 28, 2018  Redding, California

redding.com/story/news/local/2018/07/28/husband-remembers-loving-wife-great-grandkids-who-died-carr-fire

"Husband mourns loving wife, great-grandkids who died in Carr Fire." 

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July 12, 2019  Douglass Township, Pennsylvania

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pregnant-mom-8-year-old-son-found-dead

"A pregnant mother and her son were found dead in their car on Thursday night amid...flooding." 

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January 24, 2020  New South Wales, Australia

cnn.com/2020/01/23/us/american-firefighters-killed-australia

“Three Americans who died fighting an Australian bushfire...have been identified by their employer.”

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