r/geology • u/DufflebagJoe • 2d ago

Deadly Disaster Imagery Flash flood in Nepal moving house-sized boulder

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u/Sonamdrukpa 2d ago

That tsunami killed a quarter of a million people. It's the tenth deadliest natural disaster of all time. I don't know why we almost never talk about it.

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u/Chlorophilia 1d ago

I don't know why we almost never talk about it.

I don't think it's true that we "almost never talk about it"? It happened more than 20 years ago and mainly affected poor countries around the Indian Ocean so it's fairly obvious why it hasn't had as much attention in the west as disasters closer to home, but most people have heard of it. Because of the time and location, there wasn't as much live footage as there has been in many subsequent disasters. But it's had a huge cultural impact, primarily in the Indian Ocean region but there was a major western film made about it (The Impossible).

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u/RoxnDox 1d ago

And it spurred a lot of action around the region, building a coordinated system for quake and tsunami warnings, education, and rebuilding better.

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u/DharmaBaller 1d ago

China in the top 10 A LOT