10 Deadly Natural Disasters Caught on Video — Transcript

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1. 0:0710 deadly natural disasters caught on
2. 0:09video.
3. 0:11Tsunami wave, Japan.
4. 0:14Japan is still recovering from the
5. 0:15impact of the savage devastating tsunami
6. 0:18that ravaged the northeastern part of
7. 0:19the country in March of 2011 following a
8. 0:21magnitude 9 earthquake. The tsunami,
9. 0:24whose waves reached heights of up to 128
10. 0:26ft and traveled as far as 6 mi inland,
11. 0:29resulted in approximately 16,000 deaths,
12. 0:32mostly due to drowning, and about 300
13. 0:34billion in damages between the
14. 0:36earthquake and the tsunami. In the
15. 0:37aftermath, the Japanese government
16. 0:39introduced a new tsunami warning system
17. 0:41after their present one had
18. 0:42underestimated the size of the blast.
19. 0:46Fire tornado.
20. 0:50Yes, fire tornadoes or fire whirls are a
21. 0:53real, albeit rare, thing.
22. 0:55They occur when hot, dry air rises
23. 0:57rapidly out of the ground, thus forming
24. 0:59vertical columns or chimneys thinning
25. 1:01out, cooling, and dissipating at higher
26. 1:04altitudes. Although these whirls often
27. 1:06come and go fairly quickly, they can do
28. 1:08some serious damage with temperatures
29. 1:10within the vortex getting as high as
30. 1:112,000°.
31. 1:13Their quick movement also creates a
32. 1:14powerful, unpredictable, and largely
33. 1:16unstoppable force of nature.
34. 1:20Volcanic eruption, Papua New Guinea.
35. 1:23It's an undeniably spectacular sight to
36. 1:25see fiery lava spewing out of a
37. 1:27daunting, impressive volcano, but the
38. 1:29mesmerizing nature of the spectacle
39. 1:30doesn't take away from the considerable
40. 1:32damage that can be caused by a volcanic
41. 1:34eruption. These explosive eruptions can
42. 1:36alter the land and water for a vast
43. 1:38expanse around a volcano and can create
44. 1:40millions of tiny liquid droplets of
45. 1:41sulfuric acid with the potential to
46. 1:44temporarily change the Earth's climate.
47. 1:46The resulting ash clouds in the
48. 1:47aftermath of an eruption can also be
49. 1:49damaging to the air quality surrounding
50. 1:51nearby communities.
51. 1:53Hurricane Katrina.
52. 1:55It's tough to recall a more destructive
53. 1:57natural disaster within American borders
54. 1:59than Hurricane Katrina touching down in
55. 2:00New Orleans in 2005. The largest and
56. 2:03third strongest hurricane ever recorded
57. 2:05to make landfall on US soil, Katrina
58. 2:07reached category 5 hurricane status with
59. 2:10winds up to 175 mph. It affected an
60. 2:13estimated 15 million people, including
61. 2:151,836
62. 2:17deaths, with the majority of those
63. 2:18deaths being senior citizens unable to
64. 2:20evacuate. The hurricane also left
65. 2:23approximately 80% of New Orleans
66. 2:25submerged in water thanks to a storm
67. 2:27surge resulting in waves that grew to 20
68. 2:29ft in height.
69. 2:31Meteor attack, Russia.
70. 2:34The meteor attack that hit the
71. 2:35Chelyabinsk region in Russia on February
72. 2:3715th, 2013 looked like something out of
73. 2:40this world. And in a way, it was.
74. 2:43Indeed, the 10-ton meteor, which entered
75. 2:45the Earth's atmosphere at 15 to 20 km
76. 2:48per second, was a truly frightening
77. 2:50sight. Once it hit, the meteor produced
78. 2:53a bright flash of light intense enough
79. 2:55to illuminate the sky and created a
80. 2:57shockwave that set off car alarms and
81. 2:59startled pets in the wide vicinity.
82. 3:01While the meteor caused 1,200 injuries
83. 3:03and resulted in millions in damages,
84. 3:05there were miraculously no deaths
85. 3:07reported.
86. 3:09Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines.
87. 3:12One of the strongest tropical cyclones
88. 3:14in history hits parts of Southeast Asia,
89. 3:17particularly the Philippines, in early
90. 3:18November 2013. The massive typhoon,
91. 3:22which reached speeds up to 195 mph,
92. 3:25claimed over 6,300 lives in what was the
93. 3:28deadliest natural disaster in the region
94. 3:30in recorded history. Because it
95. 3:32encountered very warm water temperatures
96. 3:33along its path, it did not slow down
97. 3:35immediately and thus was able to cause
98. 3:37greater destruction than had it faded
99. 3:39out quickly.
100. 3:41Volcanic eruption, Mount Ontake.
101. 3:45In the midst of Japan's peak hiking
102. 3:46season in 2014, Mount Ontake presented
103. 3:50the country's first fatal volcanic
104. 3:52eruption in 23 years. With no
105. 3:54significant earthquakes occurring prior
106. 3:56to the eruption, there was little
107. 3:57warning that prompted authorities to
108. 3:59anticipate such an event or to give
109. 4:01hikers near Mount Ontake's 10,000-ft
110. 4:03summit cause for concern. Emergency
111. 4:06helicopters managed to rescue the
112. 4:07majority of the estimated 250 hikers
113. 4:10climbing at the time,
114. 4:12but even they couldn't prevent the 57
115. 4:13fatalities as some wound up buried in
116. 4:15ash.
117. 4:172010 Haiti earthquake.
118. 4:21The catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that
119. 4:22struck Haiti on January 12th, 2010
120. 4:25demonstrated both the sheer ferocity of
121. 4:27Mother Nature and the inherent goodness
122. 4:29of humankind. The deadly quake claimed
123. 4:32approximately 160,000
124. 4:34victims and forced thousands upon
125. 4:35thousands from their home in the
126. 4:37impoverished nation. However, the
127. 4:39aftermath saw relief efforts come
128. 4:40rolling in from all across the globe as
129. 4:42countries offered up funds and supplies
130. 4:44while volunteers stepped up to aid in
131. 4:46rescue efforts and medical support.
132. 4:49Tsunami, Indian Ocean.
133. 4:51One of the deadliest natural disasters
134. 4:53in recorded history, the Indian Ocean
135. 4:55tsunami hit on Boxing Day of 2004 at a
136. 4:58time when many families were enjoying an
137. 5:00exotic holiday vacation getaway. Thus,
138. 5:03many amateur videos depicting the
139. 5:04carnage of the tsunami wound up
140. 5:06establishing the stark contrast between
141. 5:08their idyllic surroundings and the
142. 5:10horror that was manifesting itself off
143. 5:12in the distance. Here you see terror
144. 5:14reign as buildings are submerged, trees
145. 5:16collapse, and the carefree enjoyment of
146. 5:18a tropical vacation quickly turns to
147. 5:20panic and fear.
148. 5:22Earthquake, Nepal.
149. 5:24Geophysicists and other experts had
150. 5:27warned for decades that Nepal was highly
151. 5:29vulnerable to a deadly earthquake, but
152. 5:31it was still difficult to anticipate the
153. 5:32destruction caused by magnitude 7.8
154. 5:35natural disaster known as the Gorkha
155. 5:37earthquake.
156. 5:38With aid pouring in from all over the
157. 5:40globe, the region is still trying to
158. 5:42recover from the massive blast that
159. 5:44killed 8,000 and injured 18,000.
160. 5:48Aid efforts were hindered when another
161. 5:49deadly earthquake struck the area 17
162. 5:52days later, resulting in 200 deaths,
163. 5:542,500 injuries, and tons of food,
164. 5:56supplies, and other supports that failed
165. 5:58to get delivered to some of the hundreds
166. 6:00of thousands of displaced Nepali
167. 6:02residents.