[khafra]

Your immediate death isn't on the line. WHO says that people are already dying as a result of climate change: http://www.who.int/globalchange/news/fsclimandhealth/en/inde...

[plaes]

People have always died in the climate (weather) related accidents... It is just media that has made all these events "accessible".

When bad things happen, people want to know more... And this in turn means more $$$ (or €€€) for the media companies.