Top 10s

Natural Disasters: Top 10 U.S. Threats

Government officials are evaluating and revising disaster plans around the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, just as they did after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. While war and automobiles kill more people than nature, find out what natural disasters top scientists? worry lists.
-- Robert Roy Britt LiveScience Managing Editor

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