11 May, 2008 |

Most dangerous beaches of the world

Rest on a beach usually associates with lying on warm sand and hardly causes images of death. However, Forbes Magazine has published the next annual list of the most dangerous beaches in the world.
1. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. On this resort within the last year the tourists have for more than hundred times faced sharks, but, fortunately, only one such contact has lead to death, and 17 people have been bitten.
2. Hacks Point Beach, District Kent, state of Maryland and Beachwood West beach in state of New Jersey were included into group of the most polluted beaches. Both coastal zones do not answer ecological standards of the USA since 2006.
3. Northern Australia. All coast of Northern Australia is captivated with Chironex fleckeri, known as jellyfishes-boxes. This fatally dangerous jellyfish possesses one of the strongest animal poisons. Its burn can cause death within several minutes owing to respiratory standstill, infringement of intimate rhythm and arterial pressure falling. For last 100 years 60 people died from this poison.
4. Beaches of state of Florida are dangerous because of lightning. During the period since 1997 till 2006 71 people died owing to lightning attack.
5. Beaches of Florida are also dangerous due to accidents on water.
6. Beaches of District Brevard in Florida are also known as a place with strong streams. In 2007, 10 people died, not having coped with the stream.

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