Expert reveals the only two places you would be safe in nuclear war that might surprise you

There's two places in the world that you would be safe in the event of a nuclear war, according to an expert - and they might surprise you.

With tensions in the Middle East dominating the headlines over the last couple of weeks and the continuing conflicts in other areas of the world, many people have been left fearing the potential of a World War that could involve nuclear weapons.

Earlier this week, the US revealed it had successfully launched missiles at three nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend after Israel previously launched attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites on June 13.

The action was taken following allegations Iran was working on nuclear weapons. A ceasefire was later agreed upon, however, Israel accused Iran of violating it after claiming it had intercepted two Iranian missiles - an accusation Iran have denied.

Following this and one furious rant by President Donald Trump, the ceasefire is back and seems to be holding, according to Associated Press.

An expert has revealed the two unexpected places you would be safe in the event of a nuclear war (Getty Stock Photo)

While a nuclear war would be detrimental to the entire world population, there are apparently a few places that would be safer than others.

Investigative journalist and author Annie Jacobsen explained that Australia and New Zealand could be two of the best places to head to in a worst case scenario, due to the fact that countries in the Southern Hemisphere would be the only ones capable of 'sustaining agriculture'.

In an interview with Steven Bartlett for The Diary of a CEO podcast last year, Jacobsen said: "Places like Iowa and Ukraine would be just snow for 10 years. So agriculture would fail and when agriculture fails, people just die.

"On top of that, you have the radiation poisoning because the ozone layer will be so damaged and destroyed that you can't be outside in the sunlight.

"People will be forced to live underground. So you have to imagine people living underground, fighting for food everywhere except for in New Zealand and Australia."

Apparently, Australia and New Zealand would be the safest countries (Getty Stock Photo)

Jacobsen also spoke about how nuclear weapons would impact mankind and also cited a study from 2022 by Professor Owen Toon.

"Hundreds of millions of people die in the fireballs, no question," said Jacobsen. "Professor Toon and his team... sort of updated [the] nuclear winter idea based around food, and the number that they have is five billion people would be dead."

When Bartlett asked where the other three billion people on the planet should go, Jacobsen was pretty direct with her answer.

"The population of the planet currently is what, eight billion?" Bartlett said.

"So there'd be three billion people still alive. Where shall I go to be one of the three billion? I was just in New Zealand and Australia," Bartlett said.

Jacobsen replied: "That's exactly where you'd go. According to Toon, those are the only places that could actually sustain agriculture."

Australia and New Zealand are also far away from some of the worlds biggest nuclear powers.

Elsewhere, Newsweek analyzed maps of where in the US would be impacted if a nuclear war were to happen.

The Scientific American shared a map focusing on missile silos in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana and North Dakota, and aimed to show where would be safest.

According to them, in order to attack a missile silo, 'one or two nuclear warheads' are needed, 'with explosive yields equivalent to 100,000 tons of TNT.'

They are required to be closed to the target and would result in 'gargantuan fireballs that will vaporize everything in their surroundings'.

Not only that, but they will also 'produce destructive shock waves' with the aim of 'wrecking the missiles in their launch tubes.'

According to Newsweek, the safest states would be: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.

They are all the furthest away from any potential strikes.

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