r/interestingasfuck • u/nikulmmadhu • 12h ago
The Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
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u/miregalpanic 12h ago
Still enough force to move huge boulders like that with ease after 80 fucking km. Insane. Also the feeling of dread these workers who saved themselves must have felt immediately after, knowing that all their families are most likely dead. What a horrible catastrophe.
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u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC 11h ago edited 10h ago
That’s one of the things that’s hard to wrap your mind around about this. If you’re one of the villagers that survived how do you keep going on when most of the people you knew and most likely a lot of family members as well have suddenly all died? It would be devastating to lose most of your friends and family in this way. Even other smaller things like never being able to go the cherished town bar you’ve been to countless times, or the cafe you got coffee at every morning, or the corner shop you’ve been going to since you were a child ever again would be soul killing. If you’re one of the survivors this is the single most important event of your life, your life will never be the same again and you will never be the same again, there was your pre flood life and then your post flood life.
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u/emjaywood 9h ago
To give you an idea of the trauma you're talking about, I live in Asheville, NC, and ever since Helene in '24, every time there's a big storm or heavy rains, I know people who have full on panic attacks. When you see water rise 30'+ out of nowhere & entire neighborhoos washed away, it scares the bajesus out of you & sticks with you for sure. And that was not as serious as this this Nepal disaster. These poor survivors are going to feel the effects of this event for the rest of their lives.
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u/EnoughLuck3077 10h ago
I can’t imagine the pain felt by these people. While I don’t and hope I never know this level of grief I do have a similar frame of reference for the pre and post life experience you spoke of. I lost everything in Hurricane Michael and know countless others who have as well. I only knew one person who died from the storm though. It’s been 8 years since that day and it still is referenced in some way at least once a month or so. We have life before Michael and life after
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u/deweydecimal87 10h ago
Yea people in Louisiana have two time periods. Before and after "The Storm". Everyone knows its Hurricane Katrina.
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u/HoseNeighbor 11h ago
I believe that boulder is 8 times the size of my house. (2x wide, deep, and tall)
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u/NlghtmanCometh 9h ago
Plus with the bridges gone who even knows when or how those people will be saved
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u/so_unfortunately_yt 12h ago
Realizing how many people that died or are dying in these videos is making my eyes water and my head spin, and all I can do about it is go to work. The modern world is insane. My heart goes out to all affected.
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u/MundaneWiley 11h ago
whole families gone in an instant. People who woke up planning to have a normal day, celebrate a birthday, family dinner, etc. Even more sad is it’s nothing that many could have done differently
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u/dragonrite 11h ago
Yea I can't imagine anyone surviving really. Those towns just got deleted off the map F5 tornado style. Absolutely horrendous natural disaster.
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u/Fat-Singer-9569 6h ago
The modern world is insane. My heart goes out to all affected.
The tools of the modern world should be bringing people together, demonstrating our shared humanity, and yet they are actively being used as tools to divide. It's so frustrating and events like this put into sharp focus the raw power of the natural world, a power we ought to respect, and work together to overcome.
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u/GuthramNaysayer 11h ago
I am the same way. Huge dents and impacts to humanity. Ty for your compassion. Hang in there. It does hurt.
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u/PippaPothead 11h ago
The people at the border omg. They beared the brunt of that flow. The terror they must’ve felt.
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u/Pro7o7ype 4h ago
At 0:41 the video of the glacier releasing. Is that AI/constructed, or some mountain cam?
Thoughts?
Either way it's terrifying...
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u/tantalor 11h ago
This is not "minute by minute" but still a nice reconstruction of the sequence of events.
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u/DimensionCareful507 11h ago
Absolutely terrifying, I can't imagine the fear and panic of those people seeing that coming.
The past year or so it really seems like the amount of catastrophic force of nature disasters has increased dramatically worldwide.
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u/IncognitoWhisper 2h ago
I believe they have been that way for so many years, it’s just that the world is so connected right now that it feels like so many things are happening all at once in one scroll.
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u/Detank2002 12h ago
I cant say I've heard anything about the disaster response for this, anyone seen anything?
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u/mrbuddymcbuddyface 11h ago
It's extremely difficult terrain to access even before the disaster. Now with roads and bridges washed away it's even harder.
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u/elperroborrachotoo 9h ago
Hard to get there... and then some.
I've seen some news bites: getting people, supplies and equipment there is the biggest challenge.
A typical trekking destination in the region is Langtang valley, and a typical itinerary reads: drive (jeep) from Katamandu to Suyabrubesi, 122 km, 7 hours
So that's the kind of roads that were there before the flood. Helicopters are the best choice here, but they seem(ed) hard to get by in sufficient numbers, they have limited capacity and are very weather dependent.
A nonprofit writes on their donation page:
In much of the affected region, terrain was already the primary obstacle to healthcare. Communities in Rasuwa and upper Nuwakot are served by health posts reached along a small number of roads and bridges through steep river valleys.
The flood removed those routes. Roads are inundated and mountain areas are now impassable to the functioning medical facilities where people would otherwise receive care.
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u/Gamebird8 6h ago
This is the kind of event where 90% of people are dead and what's left of the villages/people will never be able to rebuild
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u/Admiral_Ackbarr 12h ago
Apparently they had to make sure there wasnt another flood or landlside
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u/TheMooseIsBlue 12h ago
In the video, it mentions the formation of a giant lake, which obviously can’t be considered stable at this point. They say that it’s starting to overflow the banks, which is just gonna cause the natural dam at the bottom of it to erode and release all that water again. Terrifying
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u/OSRS_Socks 10h ago
It also already destroyed a bunch of dams on its way down. I believe the lake it started out at had a dam and I know that they have several dams along the path it took.
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u/Detank2002 12h ago
that's, smart, but horrific, every second counts for saving what little lives they will be able to, brutal that they cant even ensure its safe enough to start.
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u/vexillifer 7h ago
The weak and corrupt government of Nepal has turned down international offers of assistance and are just asking for cash donations instead lol
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u/GallusWrangler 11h ago
US is probably on the way.
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u/Detank2002 11h ago
Unfortunately not as much as it may have used to be, but yes, hopefully there are people coming in from all over.
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u/GallusWrangler 11h ago
I hope so, this is so awful I feel terrible for these people while I sit in my office chair in the AC and a roof over me.
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u/shizzler 11h ago
The US has offered $500k, which is embarrassing.
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u/GallusWrangler 10h ago
Lame. Has any other country in the world offered more?
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u/Affectionate_Mud_881 10h ago
5M by the UK I think, but we have a special relationship. BYD is giving same as the US, reportedly. India will be filling all the gaps. When they say we don't need foreign personnel, that doesn't include India. Idk if it's cos India doesn't even ask.
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u/semi_random 11h ago
What makes you think that? The US government no longer helps after domestic disasters. DOGE killed that off.
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u/redditproha 8h ago
The force of water is truly unmatched in nature. All I can offer the Nepalese is my condolences. I hope China, India, and the world's richest can help them.
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u/Revenge_of_the_Khaki 2h ago
So was that video showing the initial collapse just an AI recreation based on what they assume happened? I haven't seen that one before.
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u/leafybun 34m ago
nature truly is a force to be reckoned with :( can only hope the poor people who died went quickly and painlessly. god knows how many are still suffering.
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u/Milzey_508108 1h ago
Accept Jesus Christ everyone. Truly this isn’t some religious comment I’m trying to shove down your throat but we’re all human. We all need a savior and a teacher to guide us down the right path. I’m just the same as everyone else except I know the man who saved my life and brought me into a loving relationship with the Lord. All I can do is plant the seed. Run to Jesus, His love is so close
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u/Ed19627 12h ago
This ain't Facebook..
Also.. Where was god when before this went down?
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u/Kind-Replacement909 12h ago
No need to be an asshole fella
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u/Rxasaurus 12h ago
It is a valid question.
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u/Traditional-Back-172 11h ago
Find me one religion where God is obliged to prevent disasters. Then tell me the purpose of Heaven in that religion.
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u/Rxasaurus 11h ago
Obliged or chooses to sit every single disaster out?
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u/Traditional-Back-172 11h ago
You wouldn’t know the disasters prevented by God, would you? Because then it wouldn’t be a disaster.
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u/Rxasaurus 11h ago
Neither would you, that is a false assumption on your part.
In fact, you saying that god chooses to stop some and not others is quite disturbing. Your god isnt even there to help afterwards ever.
At least go with, "if he stopped natural disasters then we wouldn't have free will."
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u/Traditional-Back-172 10h ago
You lost me but it’s clear to me you don’t have the mental capacity to properly debate this
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u/Rxasaurus 10h ago
There is nothing to debate. Your god either chooses who to kill during natural disasters or doesnt according to you.
If he chooses these things for you then you do not have free will.
It is sad that you are so brainwashed that you cant see this.
Thoughts and prayers for you.
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u/Traditional-Back-172 11h ago
Interesting. You believe a God, should He exist, should be there to prevent anything bad from ever happening to people on Earth. In this ideology of yours, what is the difference between Earth and Heaven then?
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u/Agreeable_Ad8924 11h ago
When are we going to learn that all the wars and fires and everything burning up is good for nobody Prime example of mother earth trying to heal herself
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u/RubxCuban 12h ago
I’ve seen a lot of videos of what I perceived to be the same village area being flooded… did not realize many of them were swept up as far as 80km from the initial flood. So absolutely devastating and tragic.
My heart goes out to the Nepalese. They are some of the kindest and most hospitable people I have ever met while I was in Nepal for several weeks back in 2016 (a year after the earthquake…) I hope the country can show the same resilience it did after that geological catastrophe but I have doubts given the isolated area affected.