AP Science Writer
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County.
“It’s just that constant reminder, ‘Oh yeah, we live somewhere where there’s natural disasters and they can strike at any time, ” said the 29-year-old marketing executive.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has calculated the risk for every county in America for 18 types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, volcanoes and even tsunamis. And of the more than 3,000 counties, Los Angeles County has the highest ranking in the National Risk Index.
The riskiest American county to live in might surprise you
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Jazz ShawPosted at 12:31 pm on January 3, 2021
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There are more than 3,000 counties in the United States. If I were to ask you which one of them was the riskiest place to live, you might be tempted to say it would be a county encompassing Baltimore or Portland. Perhaps New York City and Chicago would make your list. In some cases, you might be correct, but not for the reasons you think, at least according to a new study compiled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. You see, my initial reaction was to think about places with the highest violent crime rates, gang violence and street mobs. But what FEMA was looking at was the odds of a natural disaster striking and wreaking havoc on residents. And coming in at the top spot on the National Risk Index was Los Angeles County. The reasons have nothing to do with the Crips and the Bloods or their incompetent government, h
Watch out, LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Published: January 2, 2021, 1:32pm
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10 Photos FILE - In this Monday, June 20, 2016 file photo, smoke from wildfires burning in Angeles National Forest fills the sky behind the Los Angeles skyline. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has calculated the risk for every county in America for 18 types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, volcanos and even tsunamis. And of the more than 3,000 counties, Los Angeles County has the highest ranking in the National Risk Index. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Photo Gallery
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The Brooklyn Bridge stands in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan, One World Trade Center, and Gehry New York on December 28, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County. It’s just that constant reminder, ‘Oh yeah, we live somewhere where there’s natural disasters and they can strike at any time, said the 29-year-old marketing executive.