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PASSPORT Top Travel Nightmares LUGGAGE LOST Over 26 million bags go missing each year LAX has the most baggage lost out of all US airports, with over 12,000 TSA complaints each year MISSING MOBILES 200 Phones are lost in New York cabs each day (73,000 devices a year) 11,000 Mobile devices were stolen at the top US airports in 2013 DELAYED FLIGHT Avoid these airports if you want to arrive on time (%of flights delayed) Newark, NJ (EWR): 23.83% San Francisco (SFO): 21.78% Chicago Midway (MDW): 20.1% Miami (MIA): 19.35% Houston, TX (IAH): 19.29% LONG LINES Budget cuts at U.S. airports in 2013 are expected to increase security wait times by up to 200% IDENTITY SWIPED 89% of public wifi hotspots are unsecure and open to hackers and identity thieves Identity theft complaints doubled in the last 3 years-12 Million cases of id fraud in the US alone in 2013 DESTINATION DISASTER Five of the largest cities exposed to Natural Disasters: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Droughts, floods Kolkata, India: Cyclones, droughts, floods Sao Paulo, Brazil: Floods Mexico city: Drought, Floods, Landslides Tokyo, Japan: Cyclones, earthquakes, floods ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS Every year, over 200 deaths are caused by Hippopotamuses, and over 2,000 deaths by crocodile. In 2013, there were over 1,000 Unprovoked shark attacks OUT OF CASH About 3,000 Euros are tossed into Rome's Trevi Fountain each day Card Skimming at ATMS throughout Europe resulted in losses of nearly 111 million Euros during the first half of 2012 PASSPORT PILFERED In two years (2012-2012) the state department reported 253037 lost passports and 50,984 stolen passports 10 Worst cities for pick-pocketing: Barcelona, Rome, Prague, Madrid, Paris, Florence, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam, Athens, Hanoi PASSPORT http://toptenlistz.com