Experts warn of threat of born-again smallpox from old Siberian graveyards
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Zashiversk |
There was a town where up to 40% of the population died. Naturally, the bodies were buried under the upper layer of permafrost soil, on the bank of the Kolyma River. Now, a little more than 100 years later, Kolyma's floodwaters have started eroding the banks.'
Ruins from Zashiversk