Obituaries
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, a tearful Chief Art Acevedo said Tuesday afternoon.”
September 10, 2017 Tallahassee, Florida
miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane
During Hurricane Irma, “two law enforcement officers in Florida were killed in a car accident Sunday morning in Hardee County when their vehicles struck each other head-on.”
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.”
July 28, 2018 Redding, California
“Husband mourns loving wife, great-grandkids who died in Carr Fire.”
August 28, 2018 near Northport, Washington
apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities
“Firefighter…worked the Horns Mountain Fire…[he] was found unresponsive at his home in Oregon.”
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 in…Pennsylvania.”
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.”
September 18, 2020 Pensacola, Florida
“The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its search for …who went missing [in] Hurricane Sally.”
September 25, 2020 San Bernadino County, California
nbclosangeles.com/news/local/fallen-firefighter-…-honored-in-memorial-services-in-san-bernardino
“A memorial service was held…for…firefighter…who died…while fighting the El Dorado Fire.”
June 20, 2021 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
“a 24-year-old man and his 3-year-old son were killed near Tuscaloosa…when a tree fell on their home.”
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.”
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’.”
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.”
December 14, 2021 Dawson Springs, Kentucky
kwwl.com/news/national/family-confirms-the-death-of-their-2-month-old-as-death-toll-from-the-tornado
A “two-month-old…died…when the tornado hit. [Her] parents tried to protect the children by putting them…in the bathtub and covering them with couch cushions.”