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Also known as the Devil’s Triangle or Hurricane Alley, the Bermuda Triangle is an area of the Atlantic Ocean with vertices in Miami, San Juan de Puerto Rico, and Bermuda, which has been credited for causing mass disappearances and a number of wrecks over the years. While people love to throw around conspiracy theories about each of these Bermuda Triangle stories, there may be perfectly logical explanations for all of them. A resemblance of the Bermuda Triangle to airway diseases can be made. Asthma, bronchiectasis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the three most prevalent chronic inflammatory airway diseases. It is estimated that 5%– 10% of the general all-ages population suffers from asthma, and 8%–10% of adults suffer from COPD. The prevalence of bronchiectasis is largely unknown, but it is estimated that it can affect 350 to 500 individuals per 100,000 inhabitants, especially in the elderly. It is widely recognized that these three diseases are greatly underdiagnosed.