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Dec 31, 2020 · Apart from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the world faced several calamities and challenges this year. In the Philippines, these were what we went through: On Jan. 12, Luzon residents were shook by the eruption of the Taal Volcano.
Desperate Hours. A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an... (00:35)
In this short video, we will explore the quote "Calamities are lessons for those who consider them, and the best of people are those who learn from what they...
- 10 Earthquake—Luzon, The Philippines
- 9 Volcano—Whakaari, New Zealand
- 8 Tsunami—Indonesia
- 7 Flood—Henan, China
- 6 Wildfire—Manavgat, Turkey
- 5 Hurricane—Florida, USA
- 4 Landslide—Kachin, Myanmar
- 3 Sinkhole—Florida, USA
- 2 Avalanche—Mount Everest Base Camp, Nepal
- 1 Tornado—Illinois, USA
The Philippines is an archipelago in southeast Asia that regularly experiences volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, typhoons, and all the terrible things that generally accompany them, such as tsunamis, flooding, and landslides. Given its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines is subjected to over 2,000 earthquakes every single year. Sin...
Whakaari, also known as White Island, is a privately owned islet located off of the northeastern coast of New Zealand. It had been a popular tourist attraction for many years, despite being New Zealand’s most active volcano, before disaster struck in December 2019. An increase in seismological activity had been recorded in the weeks leading up to t...
Indonesia, like its neighbor, the Philippines, can be considered pretty unlucky geographically. It consists of over 17,500 islands—most uninhabited, though—which are home to 120 active volcanoes. Also located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is regularly subjected to earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and soil liquefaction. In late 2018, the Indones...
The term “once in a lifetime weather event” is being thrown around a lot these days, especially when it comes to flooding in areas that may have seen little in the way of disasters in recent years, such as New York or Germany. In July 2021, the flooding in Henan Province, China, though, really can be considered once in a lifetime. The provincial ca...
Today, Americans are so used to experiencing wildfires in the summer that news of them happening in other countries really doesn’t garner much attention. However, the huge increase in the number of wildfires across the planet over the last few years has meant that people have begun to recognize that this isn’t just an issue in California. Australia...
Hurricane Michael struck Florida on October 10, 2018, and meteorologists soon realized that they were dealing with one of the biggest category 5 storms to ever make landfall in the eastern United States. Overall, it caused $25 billion in damages and was directly responsible for the deaths of 16 people. Still, despite all this mayhem and destruction...
This video was recorded at an illegal jade mine in the Kachin state of northern Myanmar. Kachin state has a long history of resistance against the oppressive Tatmadaw (Burmese Army). As such, the region is in many ways free from centralized Burmese control, meaning drug production, smuggling, and illegal mining are all common in the area. One such ...
The idiom “I wish the ground would swallow me up” was obviously never meant to be taken literally. After all, the idea that you could just be minding your own business, carrying on with your life, and then, in a split second, the ground could open up and swallow you whole would be downright terrifying, no matter how embarrassed you are. Sinkholes h...
Avalanches can have a variety of causes; sometimes, snow can just gradually pile up before collapsing down the side of the hill under its own weight. Often they are created deliberately with explosions, but sometimes they can be made by other natural disasters that occur many miles away. In the case of the Everest avalanche of 2015, it was the latt...
This final video shows probably the most terrifying video of a tornado that has ever been recorded. (Please add a link in the comments if you know of any contenders!) It was filmed by 84-year-old Clem Schultz from his bedroom window after he and his wife noticed the twister forming behind their home in Illinois. Living in an area that sees numerous...
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Mar 24, 2023 · Here are 13 of some of the largest, deadly and costly natural disasters throughout modern history. 1900 Great Galveston Storm Floating wreckage near Texas City after the Galveston disaster.
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