Factoid/2007/04/21
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One in Four People Live Close to the Coast Below 100 Feet Above Sea Level
- Nearly "one-quarter of the world's population lives below 100 feet above sea level -- the size of the biggest surge during the 2004 tsunami that pulverized villages along the Indian Ocean and killed 230,000 people." -- statistic from a recently published U.S. Geological Survey led research project; excerpt excerpt appeared in this article.
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