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July 8, 2011

Iceland: World's Most Dangerous Country?

Laura Helmuth, Smithsonian


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Dangers come in so many forms, and it’s tough to compare countries by overall risk. China and Haiti have suffered devastating earthquakes; Indonesia and Japan have been inundated by tsunamis; Sierra Leone has the highest rate of malaria deaths; and mudslides, Read Full Article ››


TAGGED: geology, earthquake, volcano, Iceland

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