“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.”
What PolitiFact found
CDC data shows that, on average, heat deaths outpace deaths from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes combined. But scientists say that 600 heat deaths a year is almost certainly too low.
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In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 27 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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