NU Online News Service, Nov. 3, 2:20 p.m. EST
If the 1908 asteroid explosion that hit Siberia were to occur above Manhattan today it would cause a over a trillion dollars in property loss and 3.2 million deaths, a catastrophe modeling firm said.
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) in Newark, Calif. for its estimate, superimposed the damage footprint of the 1908 event which saw a comet blast 3 to 6 miles in the upper atmosphere above the Tunguska River forest in Central Siberia.
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