Tipster Topic Description
Number: 059
Domain: Environment
Topic: Weather Related Fatalities
Description:
Document will report a type of weather event which has directly caused at
least one fatality in some location.
Summary:
Document will report a type of weather event which has directly caused at
least one fatality in some location.
Narrative:
A relevant document will include the number of people killed and injured by
the weather event, as well as reporting the type of weather event and the
location of the event.
Concept(s):
1. lightning, avalanche, tornado, typhoon, hurricane, heat, heat wave, flood,
snow, rain, downpour, blizzard, storm, freezing temperatures
2. dead, killed, fatal, death, fatality, victim
3. NOT man-made disasters, NOT war-induced famine
4. NOT earthquakes, NOT volcanic eruptions
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