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Raw footage from the front lines as a cameraman follows along with the Fire Department responing to some of the Extreme Flooding from the Big Thompson Canyon this evening between Loveland, CO and Estes Park, CO.
Land Lines and Cellular phone coverage is down and power is flashing in Estes Park, CO.
Travel is not advised, it just is impossible as Highways 7, 34, and 36 are gone because they are just washed out.
Clip 1: Water over flowing the Edited at the mouth of the Big Thompson and over topping the control gate.
Long clip that shows massive flooding and workers opening more flood gates.
Clip 2: Shot of flooding sign with flooding in the background with the sign saying you are entering Big Thompson Canyon.
Clip 3: Park flooding. Footage from above the park.
Clip 4: Driving along the river in the Big Thompson Canyon.
Clip 5: Driving along the road as part of the bank is eroding. Extreme flooding in the river next to the road and then a waterfall on the side of the road on the right side.
Clip 6: POV driving shot through high water while following fire crews they were documenting.
Clip 7: Crews setting up for a rescue. Long clip that shows extreme flooding and a car that almost went into the water with skid tracks that go to the edge.
Clip 8: Shows a home getting blasted by ragging flood water. Camera pans back to the fire crews setting up with a hook and ladder truck to rescue people on the other side of the river.
Clip 9: Water blasting the side of the roadway as it undercuts the road and you can see chunks of the road fall away into the water.
Clip pans to the across the river from on top of the fire truck as crews rig up to bring more people back to safety.
Clip 10 More raging flood water and now shows the road is gone due to the flooding.
Clip 11: Further down the road that shows more raging flood water under cutting the roadway.
Hi everybody! Do you like water? What about water like this?! When the water gets out of control it becomes a true force of nature — strong, impetuous and merciless. Today you’re going to see what an out-of-control element is capable of! We have 12 Incredible dam breaks and wild water caught on camera. Let’s go.
CAT 320D2 GC Excavator Sliding Huge Rockfall
A Huge rockfall hit the road, people cant pass through the road that hit by the rock. This work is a social action to help each other. They try to slide and open the road from the rock and trying to keep that rock not fall down to the houses below. Dynamite or other explosive are not allowed here.
Mountains are created by gigantic forces beneath the Earths surface. However, while they are still growing from below, their surface weathers away and they begin to disintegrate.
Large amounts of rough rock debris tumble down and accumulate at the foot of the mountain. Fine material is blown away by the wind and is stratified in certain areas, forming heaps or earth-mounds. These mounds can remain stable for thousands of years. Then comes the fateful day, however, on which the inner stability of a mound is disturbed, and gigantic masses of debris and mud careen downhill: These peaceful mounds then become deadly landslides. The causes differ: heavy rainfall, melting ice, deforestation, earthquakes.
The film portrays the unbelievable power of a mudslide. We speak to people who have lost relatives to landslides. We find out how far science and research has come in the prevention of mudslides. We observe scientists and technical engineers from the United States Geological Survey and German mudslide specialists at work. The chapters of the film: The catastrophes, the causes, the science. Animations, 3-D-models and graphics illustrate the specialists explanations and hypotheses. Authentic archive-material documents the awesome power of landslides.
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10 Massive Landslides Caught on Camera
Don’t be fooled; the world is a dark and dangerous place. And even though you might be seated comfortably behind your computer screen watching this video in your house, room, or office, millions of people around the world face death every single day.
One of the scariest and life-threatening events is a landslide. Have you ever been in one? Have you ever seen one in real life?
If not, then it can make you feel like the whole world just wants to eat you up and send you to the afterlife...and there’s nothing you can do about it!
Today, we will take a look at 10 of the most bone-chilling and fatal landslides caught on camera.
Some of these landslides are so terrifying, you can’t help but imagine the helpless souls that cried desperately for help as they spent their final moments buried six feet under!
10. Diexi Slides, Sichuan, China
Can you imagine the horror of being buried in a coffin and no one knew where you were? What would you do?
Be honest, you’d scream your lungs out, right?
And this is probably what happened to these unfortunate villagers of a town in Diexi China.
On August 5th 1933, a strong earthquake rocked a tiny farm town in the province of Sichuan, resulting in a catastrophic event that would later be infamously known as the Diexi Slides.
The earthquake was so powerful, that it triggered a landslide that engulfed nearly the entire village in mud, soil, and debris.
By the end of it all, more than 3000 lives perished; consumed by the very ground that bore them their food and source of sustenance.
Thousands of people were also displaced as many of the homes and villages in the region were destroyed by the landslide.
The old town of Diexi had the worst fate of all residents, as the landslide sank the entire town into a man-made dam that had been built by the government a few kilometres below.
Can you imagine the terrified look on people’s faces as they lay trapped between the dam and the landslide, knowing very well they were going to die soon?
9. Khait Landslide, Tajikstan
You might think your life is a gamble, but you haven’t played Russian Roulette with the Grim Reaper until you’ve lived on the slopes of some of the mountainous regions of Central Asia.
Just picture it, waking up every morning knowing that this could very well be the day that your house tumbles thousands of feet below to the foot of the mountain!
Perhaps this is what one of the thousands of villagers that awoke on that fateful day in July of 1949.
The Khait Earthquake rocked the Tien Shan ranges in central Tajikistan, measuring a whopping 7.4 magnitude on the Richter scale.
This sent the adjacent slopes in a frenzy, triggering hundreds of landslides that engulfed the surrounding villages in hard rock, tough soil, and...unfortunately, death.
In the Yasman and Khait regions, the landslide was so ferocious that it travelled at a blood-chilling 30 meters per second, instantly wiping out anything in its path.
By the time the dust had settled, more than 4,000 people lay lifeless from this tragic disaster.
8. Nevado Huascaran Debris Fall, Peru
It’s beautiful, isn’t it? We’re talking about Mount Huascaran, one of the most exotic Peruvian mountains that attracts thousands of international tourists every year.
Apart from its breathtaking scenery, the 22,205-foot snow capped peak mountain is also considered one of Perus most coveted natural treasures.
But behind all it’s glam and beauty lies a horrible past of death and destruction!
In January of 1962, thawing of the ice triggered a breaking off of a large portion of the north summit of the mountain, resulting in a devastating avalanche that led to the fatal death of more than 45000 people!
The avalanche, or infamously known as ‘Huayco’, was a devastating arsenal of ice sheets that eye witnesses claimed was more than 1 kilometer wide and 40 feet high.
There was no escaping:
And even if the villagers somehow did survive the trauma from the impact of ice, rock, and mountain debris, the cold ice that buried them froze them to death within minutes!
7. Huaraz Debris Flows, Ancash, Peru
If the Grim Reaper has a bounty on your head, then he will cash it in no matter the circumstance.
And that’s exactly what residents of Huaraz, a Peruvian city in the region of Ancash got to experience when they lost their lives in the hands of nature; a cruel fate to say the least!
In December of 1941, the residents were completely unaware that a retreating glacier tongue above the city would soon be the most catastrophic event in the town’s history.
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Here is a list of the deepest and scariest sinkholes in the world! These terrifying and strange pits are absolutely mysterious and seemingly created out of nowhere. Check out the Great Blue Hole, Dragon Hole, Siberian Holes, Heavenly Pit, Agrico Gypsum stack and more!
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11. Great Blue Hole, Belize
Probably the Worlds most amazing sinkhole is the Great Blue Hole made famous by Jacques Cousteau. It is a large submarine sinkhole 60 miles off the coast of Belize. The hole is over 300m across and 125m deep. The Great Blue Hole formed as a limestone cave during the last ice age in the world over 150,000 years ago. As the ocean began to rise, the cave system flooded and eventually collapsed, creating a «vertical cave» in the ocean. It has unusual stilted stalactites and is part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, which has been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Scuba divers frequent this reef because of the rare animal species and unique geological formations. The World has many Sinkholes but this might be the worlds biggest sinkhole in the world!
10. Dragon Hole, South China Sea
Deans Blue Hole in the Bahamas was thought to be the world’s deepest known underwater sinkhole. It plunges 202 meters down and widens considerably into a cavern making it a favorite among worlds professional deep-sea divers. The area is a tourist hotspot, and is home to a varied assortment of marine life. It’s also host to several World Championship diving events, including Vertical Blue, where more than 30 divers around the world compete in a series of free-diving challenges.
However, researchers just announced on July 22, 2016, that Dragon Hole is 300 meters deep, making it the deepest blue sinkhole in the world. Blue meaning filled with seawater. Experts said they had also discovered about 20 marine species in the cave and continue to study the hole. The World has many Sinkholes but this might be the worlds biggest sinkhole in the world!
9. Guatemala City Sinkholes, Guatemala
On February 23, 2007, out of the clear blue sky, this sinkhole collapsed killing five people and over 1000 were evacuated. The hole was over 100 meters deep and was the result of a corroded sewage system deep beneath the surface of the world that eroded the volcanic ash, limestone, and other soft minerals underlying Guatemala City. Citizens had hear rumblings a few weeks before but didnt know what it was. The hole was later filled in with soil cement and cost the Guatemalan government $2.7 million. Since the entire city is built on loose volcanic pumice and gravel, experts warned that it could happen at any time.
Just 3 years later in 2010, another giant sinkhole in Guatemala City swallowed a three-story factory, killing 15. Again, the sewer pipes played a role creating a sink hole that was 100 meters deep. Bad things come in threes and this along with Tropical Storm Agatha, and the Pacaya Volcano eruption made the government declare a state of emergency. Sinkholes are a dangerous reality for the people of Guatemala City and could happen anywhere in the city unless the government improves the citys runoff and waste water systems. The World has many Sinkholes but this might be the worlds biggest sinkhole in the world!
8. Siberian Holes
The three craters, one in Taymyr peninsula and two in Yamal, are believed to have been caused by huge underground gas explosions. Known by locals as the “end of the world”, the massive craters sparked endless theories about how they got there. The most famous crater — known to scientists as B-1 — was measured by echo-sounder this week and found to be over 60 meters deep, significantly more than previously thought. Discovered in 2014, it is located not far from Gazprom’s Bovanenkovo gas field in Russia’s northern Yamal Peninsula. The hole has been gradually filling up with water and is turning into a lake. The ring of dirt and debris around each hole indicates these massive holes were created by a force that stemmed from inside the Earth and exploded outward. Theories for the cause of these explosions include stray missiles, gas-related mishaps, pranks and, of course, extra terrestrial interference. The most likely explanation is that the holes are a kind of reverse sinkhole that has yet to be scientifically documented. Instead of collapsing in on themselves, it’s thought the holes were initiated by underground fissures that caused the melting of permafrost. The holes then filled with natural gas and, when the pressure became too great, dirt and debris erupted outwards. The World has many Sinkholes but this might be the worlds biggest sinkhole in the world!
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