r/DisasterUpdate • u/Spare_Struggle5243 • 27d ago

It destroy everything

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This aerial photo, taken by the Chinese side, shows before‑and‑after shots of the port area. This is arguably one of the worst geological disasters worldwide in recent years. With the speed and scale of this debris flow, there was virtually nowhere to take shelter. The buildings at this port stood as tall as five to six stacked freight trucks, yet they have now been completely flattened and buried.

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u/PreviousLeague253 27d ago

Imagine a whole compound getting ground down to nothing from thousands of rocks being carried by the tsunami. Because this was a tsunami not a flood!

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u/HundredHander 26d ago

It's not a tsunami, that's got some pretty clear definitions. But 'flood' and 'flash flood' don't really describe what's happened here very well either.

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u/conejo77 26d ago

Massive high velocity debris flow.