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Japan is not only the country hit most frequently by a large margin, it is also the country hit by the strongest natural disasters.
by teraku 5y ago
Japan is not only the country hit most frequently by a large margin, it is also the country hit by the strongest natural disasters.
- claytongulick 5y agoIt's certainly up there [1]. I didn't realize that Costa Rica and the Philippines were even higher than Japan. According to [2] the US has the most severe weather in the world, which is interesting. I've certainly experienced some of it, tornadoes are horrifying. I had a crazy experience in Oklahoma City once where I ran out of my hotel because of an earthquake only to see two funnels on the ground coming towards me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_disaster_risk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_d... [2] https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/05/16/extreme-weather-north-america/2162501/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/05/16/extreme-we...