Natural disaster pictures that will leave you speechless – Inevitable, devastating, and terrifying, natural disasters are capable of striking awe and fear into our very cores just at the thought of them. What makes these so dangerous is not just the fact that they cause millions in damages and thousands of fatalities a year.
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But the fact that they can happen at anytime, nearly anywhere in the world, and there’s not much we can do to stop them. Sure we can evacuate, and prepare, but ultimately there is no way to stop an earthquake or dissipate a tornado. Not yet at least.
Despite the fact that these events cause widespread fear and panic, they also easily give us some of the most surreal and mind-boggling pictures. Just seeing a picture of the sheer size of tsunami waves, like those claimed thousands of lives in Tohoku, Japan, or the plume of smoke and ash erupting from a volcano, like the infamous Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991, is enough to rattle the minds of even the strongest of humans. And yet, there are those who laugh in the face of danger either for science or just for kicks.
Here is a list of some of the most mind blowing pictures of natural disasters from around the world.
15. Nepal Earthquake In 2015
A tower that had stood for over 180 years was reduced to rubble after the earthquakes that shocked the world occurred – as well as about 95 per cent of all homes and businesses of Nepal. The first measured in at a 7.3 on the Richter Scale and was quickly followed by another measuring 6.3. It was large enough that the effects were felt in China, Bangladesh and several other Indian countries.
There were a total of 218 casualties, more than 3,500 injuries across all areas that felt the quake. This was just a month after an even more devastating quake that took the lives of over 9,000 people.
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