From the beginning of human beings to the present, it is actually a history of struggle against nature.Huaxia's grandfather even issued the famous saying "Fight with the sky and have endless fun".Natural disasters such as floods, droughts, high temperatures, cold waves, floods, flash floods, and forest and grassland fires may be just an instinctive reaction to a slight physical discomfort for Mother Earth, but for human beings, especially ancient humans, it almost means a catastrophe.Even in modern times, human beings are still irresistible to these natural disasters, especially as human beings become more and more serious in the destruction of Mother Earth, Mother Earth's temper has begun to become more and more irritable, and more and more natural disasters are punishing human beings.Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes, typhoons (hurricanes) and tornadoes are divided into five extreme natural disasters that are most harmful to human beings, among which earthquakes are undoubtedly the most destructive, tsunamis and tornadoes are secondary, and volcanic eruptions are more destructive to the atmosphere and have the most lasting impact on the natural environment.Many scientists say that if the supervolcano in Yellowstone erupts, it will destroy the planet.In fact, this statement does not mean that the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano will directly destroy the earth, after all, no matter how big the Yellowstone volcano is, it is just a drop in the ocean for the entire earth.This theory mainly refers to the fact that once the Yellowstone volcano erupts, the erupted volcanic ash will cause secondary disasters similar to nuclear winter on the earth, when the volcanic ash in the atmosphere will block the sun's rays for years or even decades, which will cause the extinction of the earth's vegetation.Without plants to provide oxygen and food, humans would not be able to survive.Volcanic eruptions can't directly cause much harm to humans.Although tornadoes are violent and destructive, the scope of impact of tornadoes is too small, so tornadoes rank the lowest among these five natural disasters.The power of the tsunami is undoubted, and the casualties caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami are as high as nearly 300,000, which is a very terrifying number.But again, a tsunami of this magnitude is not necessarily encountered once in a few years or even decades.As for earthquakes, high-level earthquakes are even more terrifying, such as the Tangshan earthquake and the Wenchuan earthquake, which have caused terrible casualties and property losses, but in the same way, this kind of earthquake that kills tens of thousands of people at one time will only occur once every few years or even more than ten years.But typhoons are different, there are dozens of them every year, whether it is the western Pacific Ocean or the western Atlantic, there will be at least 20 or more typhoons or hurricanes every year, and among these typhoons or hurricanes, there will be at least three or four strong typhoons making landfall every year.Once such a strong typhoon makes landfall, the damage is often calculated in the unit of "billion dollars", and if the residents are not evacuated in time, the death toll is terrifying.Like Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the wind caused $200 billion in damage and nearly 2,000 people died or went missing.Therefore, human beings have combined these natural disasters and finally identified typhoons (hurricanes) as the natural disasters that cause the greatest harm to human beings.The main reason is that typhoons happen too many times a year, and the residents of the west coast of the ocean are tossed by typhoons (hurricanes) every year, but with the current technology of human beings, there is no way to deal with this terrible natural disaster.The fault is that human beings can easily solve such extreme natural disasters by filling powerful weather satellites in outer space as shown in the American blockbuster "Geomagnetic Storm".But after all, it's a movie, and human beings can only be yy in the movie now, and if a super typhoon is coming, human beings are still helpless.This time, the Philippines doesn't know which god it provoked, the submarine earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption and the ensuing super typhoon Hagupit all erupted together, any of these four natural disasters happened in a certain place, it is extremely rare, as for the four gathered together to erupt, it is simply unheard of.But the Philippines, an island country in the western Pacific, has caught up with such a big pot of things so tragically.Therefore, the eyes of the whole world are attracted to this small island nation.But no matter how attractive it is, the outside world can't get the specific situation of the disaster area, the ubiquitous volcanic ash denies the entry of aircraft, and the furious Hagupit directly rejects all ships, even the high-resolution spy satellites in the sky can't see the disaster area under the thick clouds and volcanic ash, and people outside only deduce the damage to the disaster area based on some fragmentary information.In fact, the situation in the disaster area is really miserable!
The first undersea earthquake that destroyed most of the buildings in southeastern Luzon, Catandunes, Leyte, Dinagat, Siargao, and the eastern coastal areas of Mindanao was already terrifying.The Philippines is no better than its neighbor to the north, where an undersea earthquake that occurs 1,200 kilometers away from the island can hardly cause any damage to buildings, but the Philippines can't.The Philippines is a poor country after all, and only a few limited cities in the country have sturdy buildings, and the vast majority of cities are so rudimentary that they can't withstand an earthquake of this magnitude!
The ensuing huge tsunami swept across the eastern coastal areas of the above-mentioned islands in an even more terrifying manner, including a series of coastal cities such as Legazpi and Tacloban, which were directly destroyed by the tsunami.Several smaller islands were simply washed by the tsunami, and the cities, buildings, and people on the islands were devastated.Although it is not yet possible to count the damage in the disaster area, everyone knows that the earthquake and tsunami alone are very likely to set a new record for the number of dead and missing people in human history!
The most worrying thing is that the huge amount of volcanic ash produced by the eruption of Mayon Volcano is the least harmful, which the outside world does not know, but Yang Jing, who is in the core area of the disaster area, knows it clearly.Ironically, the root cause of this change was the ensuing Super Typhoon No. 4, Haguppit.It only took four or five days for Hagupit to arrive in the Philippines from its birth, and when Hagupit upgraded to a super typhoon, this guy's temper was much bigger, and he pounced on the Philippines with wind and rain.Although the eruption of Mayon was violent, sending thousands of tons of ash into the sky, the tiny Mayon Volcano was too weak in front of Haguppy, which has a cloud system of more than 1,200 kilometers in diameter.Strong winds blow huge amounts of volcanic ash so much that it is impossible to rise into the stratosphere of the atmosphere, even if the seventh-level wind circle on the periphery of the typhoon is enough to blow the volcanic ash everywhere, but no matter how it flies, as long as the volcanic ash does not fly into the stratosphere, then the damage of volcanic ash to the atmosphere will be reduced to a minimum.And as the center of Hagupit got closer and closer to the Philippines, the overwhelming torrential rain washed away the volcanic ash.As we all know, volcanic ash does not dissolve in water, but the rain brought by Hagupit is too great and too widespread, and the ash spewed out by Mayon Volcano has not yet begun to wreak havoc, and it is carried to the ground from the air by the torrential rain, forming a black acid rain."
Yang Jing, this kind of acid rain is really uncomfortable, but this is the first time I have encountered acid rain."
Gege and Yang Jing stood in the master bedroom on the second floor of the villa, watching the pouring rain outside through a gap.When a volcano erupts, it not only erupts magma and ash, but also a large amount of gas containing sulfur and chlorine, which will immediately turn into acid rain under the baptism of heavy rain, and the damage to the surface of the earth is also great."
Hehe, this typhoon is also timely, otherwise if a large amount of volcanic ash flies into the stratosphere, the damage to the atmosphere will be almost catastrophic.Thanks to this typhoon, the damage caused by volcanic eruptions was minimized. ”Gege nodded, agreeing with the statement."
However, it's really uncomfortable to be in the house all the time."
Because of the arrival of Super Typhoon Hagupit No. 4, since yesterday evening, a group of people have braved a strong wind close to level 10 and sealed all the windows of the villa with strong wooden boards.Yang Jing has learned through the radio that Hagupit has been upgraded to a super typhoon, and the maximum wind force may exceed 17 when it makes landfall in the Philippines.Under such circumstances, the main body of this villa can withstand this super typhoon, but the doors and windows will definitely not be able to be saved, so Yang Jing ordered everyone to take action and seal all the doors and windows of the villa.The four cars outside also drove into the garage of the villa, otherwise with the strength of Haguppi, these four cars would not know where they would be scraped."
Okay, wait patiently, wait for a day, by this time tomorrow, we will be able to go out, now that the typhoon is coming, if you get out of this room, a gust of wind can blow you away, I don't want to be a widower" "you, where are you so cursing me to death?"
”Gege reluctantly punched Yang Jing in the chest a few times, but he never brought it up again.In this kind of weather, going out is really the birthday boy Weng hanging, and he is tired of living."
When the typhoon passes through tomorrow, I'll take you out and see if you can find anything else.In this case, it is estimated that no one will come here for a few more days, and we will have to look for some extra food. ”