Sentences with phrase «high death tolls in»

Unlike other tragic mass shootings with high death tolls in the recent past, though, it didn't fade from the headlines in the weeks afterward.

«Haiti's population is about half that of New York City's metro area, yet even a glancing blow from Sandy carried a higher death toll in the Caribbean nation than did the direct hit on the Big Apple,» Kenny wrote.

I remember the high death toll in the European heatwave of 2003 was more attributed to the high night temps that did not give people a chance to recuperate from the higher day temps.

Not exact matches

The death toll from a building collapse in Bangladesh has risen to 160 and could climb higher, police said on Thursday, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North America.

He contends that your religion is akin to a mental disease with a death toll in the high hundreds of millions.

Actually, the highest death toll of ANYTHING in recorded history to afflict mankind.

If the estimates are confirmed, it would be among the highest civilian death tolls since the war started in 2003, and one of the highest civilian body counts caused by the U.S. military since the Vietnam War.

In India, the death toll could be as high as 136,970.

Meanwhile, even before the new attacks, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva said the death toll in Syria is at least 3,500 since March...

The death toll for c - sections are still higher compared to natural births and the recovery rate is undeniably slower with a lot more complications thrown in.

Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires tearing through California wine country exploded in size and number as authorities ordered new evacuations and the death toll climbed to 23 — a figure expected to rise higher still.

These giant waves, caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and underwater landslides, are some of the deadliest natural disasters known; the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed over 230,000 people, a higher death toll than any fire or hurricane.

The death toll is likely much higher, notes John Hagan, co-author of the report published in the September 15 Science.

Since many ecosystems and cities are not adapted to this, prolonged hot periods can result in a high death toll, forest fires, and dramatic harvest losses.

Last year's death toll of 125 from tornadoes in this country was the highest in a decade and the second - highest in more than 30 years.

(The death toll has been higher this year than in years past, a ministry official told China Daily.)

The best estimate for the current toll in Africa, 21,000 deaths, comes from a 2015 paper by Hampson and colleagues; it's 100 times higher than official figures.

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According to Tack — and many other industry experts — much of the demand for «Made in the USA» food and treats is driven by ongoing high - profile reports about unsafe products and ingredients from China — reports that all - too - often include a death toll of pets.

If it had not been for its valiant effort in saving as many animals as it could, the death toll would have been even higher.

The Americas boast some exceedingly unpleasant and sometimes aggressive snakes; there are nine to 14 deaths a year in the US despite the availability of antivenom; in South America the death toll is higher — for example, it has been estimated at 2,000 a year in Brazil.

That is why the death toll in the 7.8 - magnitude earthquake near Katmandu today is almost certainly going to be far higher than initial reports of hundreds.

As was explored here following the enormous toll in student (and teacher) deaths from the earthquake in China's Sichuan province, this doesn't take high technology or big budgets — simply adherence to well established norms for designing buildings to sway instead of crumble or pancake.

The death toll in Joplin was so high in large part because so many buildings were damaged or destroyed.

Since The Last Mountain's release, new research has documented higher rates of poverty, illness and early death in communities near mountaintop removal mining sites while evidence continues to pour in about the toll that coal emissions take on public health.

Srinidhi added «Compared to 2010, heat wave conditions in 2015 so far have been of a shorter duration, yet with a higher death toll.

Highest Palestinian death toll in a day since rallies dubbed the Great March of Return began at the fence with Israel.

If this system was not in place, the Israeli death toll would be much higher.

Some 344 people had died in prisons in England and Wales, the highest death toll since current recording practices began in 1978.