that s more than were killed by hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, and floods combined. cnn meteorologist chad meyers joins us. it s more than the heat. it s more than humidity. if you set your steam roam at a gym at 105. that feels like 200 degrees. even though it s 105, it feels so much hotter because your body cannot perspire, and it cannot cool itself down. a sauna is 160 or 170, but it feels cooler because the air is dry. now, this is a 10-year average, 170 people die of heat-related deaths per year, compared to 62 in tornados, and lightning, 44, and flooding 74. i know people are making fun of the weather men outthere, oh, come on, it s summer and hot. no, this is a ridiculously hot year. guess what happened all summer long and all spring long? there were thunderstorms all the way through here. there were massive amounts of flooding. we showed you pictures for weeks about the flooding. now that flooding is evaporating. it was in the ground, and corn is growing, and the