Nepal Dodges a Bullet

Two years ago, I asked a top UN expert in disaster risk what scenario to describe the one scenario that keeps him up at night. Without hesitation he said that an intense earthquake in Kathamndu would be a monumental catastrophe that could kill as many as 250,000 to 400,000 people. He was not alone in this estimation.
On Saturday, April 25 a massive earth…
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