10 Massive Landslides CAUGHT ON CAMERA

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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.