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The vast majority of Americans don’t live in the same areas as dangerous snakes. But in three heavily populated states—Florida, Texas, and California—changing snake populations are altering how—and how often—we encounter our legless reptilian friends.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one-third of the continental United States is at above-average risk for floods this spring.
Few of us stop to consider the lethal potential in a calm patch of ocean water, even though rip currents—often called drowning machines—kill 100 people in the United States on average every year.
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area this morning, striking at 4:04 am. No immediate injuries were reported. This quake follows a 6.6 magnitude quake that hit Tokyo on March 14.
It has been almost five years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the US, and legions are still feeling the effects. Approximately a million people were uprooted by the storm, and hundreds of thousands have never returned to the areas hardest hit.
Although there are approximately 25 million cloud-to-ground strikes every year, the odds a person will be hit by lightning during that period are only 1 in 835,500.
Oklahoma is bracing for another round of potentially violent weather, after multiple tornadoes ripped through the state on Monday, leaving at least six people dead.
It’s not at all likely you will be killed by a tornado. Or as Dr. Joshua Wurman puts it: “Suicide by tornado would be very inefficient.”
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 came without warning. Despite decades of research, scientists don’t have a reliable method of predicting such temblors.
The odds a person climbing Mount Everest will die in the attempt are 1 in 61.46. On its deadliest day, May 10, 1996, the mountain claimed eight people during a single 24-hour period.
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