Showing posts with label flood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flood. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
In Pictures: Japan 6 Months Later
from the Sacramento Bee
Last Sunday was the six-month anniversary of the day the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northeast coast. Some 20,000 people are dead or missing. More than 800,000 homes were completely or partially destroyed. The disaster rippled businesses, roads and infrastructure. The Japanese Red Cross Society estimates that 400,000 people were displaced.
Half a year later, there are physical signs of progress. Much of the debris has been cleared away or at least organized into big piles. In the port city of Kesennuma, many of the boats carried inland by the tsunami have been removed. Most evacuees have moved out of high school gyms and into temporary shelters or apartments.
Last week the Kyodo News agency distributed an amazing group of combination photographs showing three scenes. The first scene is right after the earthquake and tsunami hit, then three months later and finally, how the scene looks now.
This is a must-see set of photographs. Click here to see the huge set.
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Last Sunday was the six-month anniversary of the day the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northeast coast. Some 20,000 people are dead or missing. More than 800,000 homes were completely or partially destroyed. The disaster rippled businesses, roads and infrastructure. The Japanese Red Cross Society estimates that 400,000 people were displaced.
Half a year later, there are physical signs of progress. Much of the debris has been cleared away or at least organized into big piles. In the port city of Kesennuma, many of the boats carried inland by the tsunami have been removed. Most evacuees have moved out of high school gyms and into temporary shelters or apartments.
Last week the Kyodo News agency distributed an amazing group of combination photographs showing three scenes. The first scene is right after the earthquake and tsunami hit, then three months later and finally, how the scene looks now.
This is a must-see set of photographs. Click here to see the huge set.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Images of Hurricane Irene Aftermath
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Click the image above to go see a great set of aftermath images..
More here, and another great set here..
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Another Incredible Japan Tsunami Video
Probably the best one yet. In this one the detail is astonishing, and it really touches home. You can see people running, and looking back, and running.. fleeing for their lives. Nothing I saw is remotely disturbing. I didn't see any floating bodies in other words. You will, however, see an entire town - buildings, cars, everything - destroyed.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Amazing Japan Tsunami Footage
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Plus some stunning before & after images here (hover over images to change between before and after).
Monday, January 17, 2011
Meanwhile In Australia
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Such a telling image! Not only do these girls seem at least somewhat unfazed by the recent flooding disaster (bathing suits, one honoring her country that's currently experiencing a huge catastrophy, not crying or not seeming very distressed), but they are taking the time and making the extra effort to save a young kangaroo! In doing so they are wading through disgusting, knee-high water (probably barefoot, and not knowing what kinds of things they could step on, such as broken bottles, dead animals, bones, sharp rubble, etc.). It's just an incredible picture.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Toxic Sludge In Hungary
On Monday, October 4th, a large reservoir filled with toxic red sludge in western Hungary ruptured, releasing approximately 700,000 cubic meters (185 million gallons) of stinking caustic mud, which killed many animals, at least four people, and injured over 120 - many with chemical burns. [Above: A Greenpeace activist takes a sample of the toxic sludge in a town near Ajkai on October 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Waltraud Holzfeind/Greenpeace)]
The 12-foot-high flood of sludge inundated several towns, sweeping cars off the road as it flowed into the nearby Marcal River. Emergency workers rushed to pour 1,000 tons of plaster into the Marcal River in an attempt to bind the sludge and keep it from flowing on to the Danube some 45 miles away.
The red sludge in the reservoir is a byproduct of refining bauxite into alumina, which took place at an alumina plant run by the Hungarian Alumina Production and Trading Company. A criminal probe has just been opened by Hungarian authorities.
Click images to enlarge for a better look:
An aerial view of the red mud covering streets and neighborhood of Kolontar, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga)
An animal lies dead in the toxic mud, which flooded the village of Kolontar, Hungary on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
A dead fish and a corn cob lie stuck to the windshield of a car damaged by the toxic red mud from the damaged reservoir of a nearby Ajka alumina factory in Devecser, Hungary, on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)
An aerial view of the red mud covered streets and debris scattered in Devecser, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Gyoergy Varga)
Continue on to the rest of the article (30 pics)..
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