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Disaster
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Australia Declares Katy Perry’s Album A Bio-Hazard
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In yet another case showcasing Australia’s uber-tight border control regulations, officials at Australia’s customs desk have declared international copies of Katy Perry’s new album, “Prism,” to be an indisputable bio-hazard. Why? Is it because her album is just so terrible and they need an excuse to get it off the number one spot on Australia’s Aria chart? No. It’s because Katy Perry gives away free seeds with her album.
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If We Let The Ice Caps Melt, London & Amsterdam Will Disappear [SEE HERE]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
National Geographic recently compiled an interactive map that allows us to examine what the Earth might look like if we allow all the sea-ice to melt. It is estimated that if said ice does melt, the ocean will rise by a full 66 metres. And anyone who knows how the ocean works will know that 66 metres is a stupendously ridiculous number that will have massive effects on the landscape.
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You Need To See This 5,4 Metre Oarfish Sea Monster They Found [PHOTO]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
What the hell is an Oarfish? While the term may escape laymen, the Oarfish has been well documented by marine biologists for years.It’s not anything too strange, it’s just strange-lookin’. Although, due to their mysterious beachings after storms,and thier tendency to linger on the surface of the sea when they are dying – they are a common source of sea-serpent tales. And boy, do we have a sea-serpent tale today.
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More Houses Are Being Swallowed By The Earth In The US [VIDEO]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It wasn’t a good night for the guests of this Florida resort in the town of Clermont. As they were settling down to go to bed, the earth opened up and swallowed most of the resort and their belongings into a 30m sinkhole. The guests evacuated in terror.
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Massive 50,000 Litre Oil Spill Turns Stunning Thailand Beach Pitch Black [VIDEO]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
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Radical CCTV Footage Shows Spain Train Crash As It Happened [Video]
25 Jul 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Incredible CCTV footage has surfaced showing the train crash in the northern Spanish region of Galicia as it happened.
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2 Perish In Lanseria Plane Crash
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two people have died in a plane crash near Gauteng’s Lanseria Airport this morning. A light aircraft carrying multiple passengers downed near the the airport on Thursday morning, killing two occupants. It is not known whether the plane crashed on approach, or take off. While used on a daily basis for large commercial flights, Lanseria […]
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This Perfect Animation Shows What Went Wrong With That Failed San Francisco 777 Landing [VIDEO]
15 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crash landed last weekend has horrific images but no video to show what in fact went wrong. An animated video by Jack Suchocki, an airline pilot and forensic animator, has since been released showing a rendering of the accident that took place last Saturday. According to YouTube, “All times, speeds, distances and scaling […]
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This Is What The Inside Of A Plane Looks Like After A Fire Sweeps Through The Cabin [PIC]
12 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The National Transportation Safety Board has tweeted more pictures from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214. The airplane crash landed on the runway of the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday 6 July 2013.
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Deadly Floods Have Cut Off An Area The Size Of France From The Rest Of China [GALLERY]
12 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
China’s Sichuan province has been hit with days of torrential rainfall causing deadly floods and landslides in the province. Some 220,000 people have been relocated, with 31 dead and 166 missing thus far.
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This Is What It Looks Like When You Drive Through A Tornado [VIDEO]
03 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What with it being storm season in Oklahoma, storm chasers are dotted around the area hoping to nab footage of monster twisters. Here’s a video of one storm chasing team who got way, way too close.
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Satellite Shoots Incredible Images Of Oklahoma Before And After The Monster Tornado [PICS]
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
These Google images show Moore captured on 29 April 2013, before the tornado struck, and 22 May 2013, two days after the deadly tornado moved through the suburb.
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If You Want To See How Much Debris Flies Around Inside A Tornado, Watch This [VIDEO]
22 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Take a look at this crazy footage of flying debris and horror – incredible visuals you have never seen before.
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Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Her Dog In The Rubble Of Her Home During Live Interview [VIDEO]
21 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Barbara Garcia was sitting on a stool in her bathroom, holding her dog when 350 kilometre per hour winds ripped her house down. During an interview with a local news agency following the disaster, a camera crew member noticed movement in the rubble behind Barbara.
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WATCH: Monster Tornado Tears Through Oklahoma – Full Set Of Pics And Video From Start To Finish
21 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is devastating footage as a tornado flattens schools, homes and hospitals. The tornado swept through the town of Moore, a suburb outside of Oklahoma City. The worst affected suburb by far.
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Buried For 17 Days – Survivor Pulled From Collapsed Factory [VIDEO]
10 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a startling story of survival, a woman has been pulled alive from the rubble of a factory collapse in Bangladesh which claimed the lives of over 1,000 people. The survivor, Reshma Begum clung to life by eating biscuits scrounged from the backpacks of her dead colleagues who lay nearby.
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Air Show Goes Horribly Wrong As Vintage Plane Crashes Into Hanger [VIDEO]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
On Sunday the crowd at Cuatro Vientos airfield were left flabbergasted when a jet blew up after it crashed into a hanger. The estimated 3,000 people who attended the air show in Madrid were evacuated from the grounds when this aerial acrobatics came to an abrupt halt.
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Nets, Harpoons And Suicide Robots Could Be Used To Fetch Debris From Space
26 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Since man first penetrated Earth’s atmosphere, a slew of garbage has been piling up in Near Space. The majority of the junk up there is from space shuttles. Heiner Klinkrad, a European Space Agency (ESA) space expert estimates there to be about 27,000 objects in orbit, travelling 80 times faster than a passenger jet, and that number grows, daily.
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Google Street View Takes A Tour Of The Japanese Tsunami-Ravaged Province [PICS]
28 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nami is a ghost town. Having played host to a nuclear power plant, the town became the icon of suffering in the wake of the 2011 Japanese Tsunami, which destroyed much of Japan’s North Eastern coastline. Shortly thereafter, the nuclear power plant melted down, having sustained critical damage in the wave. Google Street View has […]
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UPDATE: Days After Sinkhole Swallows Florida Man – Search Party Abandons Hope [VIDEO]
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A Florida man, Jeffrey Bush, disappeared into a six metre deep sinkhole, which swallowed his bedroom over the weekend. Bush has been presumed dead after rescuers were unable to make contact with the man. And the search has been postponed until rescuers are able to evaluate the situation of the ground under Bush’s house. The house is […]
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Tsunami Hits The Solomon Islands After 7 Consecutive Earthquakes
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An earthquake with a powerful 8.0 magnitude occurred in the Santa Cruz Islands this morning, causing a tsunami to form with its waves crashing into the Solomon Islands, which are close to Australia. Last week, seven other earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.0-6.5 occurred in the same region. So far five people have died and […]
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Truck Crash In USA Spills Elephants On To Interstate Highway [PICS]
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Three elephants were unloaded on to interstate 70 yesterday, after the vehicle that was transporting them slid off the road. Due to the elephants weighty stature, they had to be unloaded before the truck could be pulled back onto the road. None of the elephants were harmed. Still, none of them are going to forget this. […]
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WATCH: Helicopter Crashes In London – Latest Tweets, Pics And Video
16 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Reports have broken that a helicopter has crashed in Vauxhall, south London after striking a construction crane in the area. Vauxhall Bridge has been closed, and two vehicles are reportedly involved in the crash. Check out the latest tweets and twitpics from Londoners on the scene. Helicopter just hit a crane and crashed a few […]
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Astronaut Captures Amazing Images Of Australian Bush Fires
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Australian fire services have issued what they’ve called “catastrophic” warnings in parts of that country as temperatures are expected to breach 45C in the days to come.
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Deepwater Horizon Rig Owner Agrees To Record $1,4 Billion In Fines
04 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Transocean, the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $1,4 billion in various penalties.
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This Doomsday Shelter Offers Protection From Friday’s Forthcoming Apocalypse [GALLERY]
19 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
With the apocalypse almost upon us, now might be a good time to take a look at the kind of bunker you should probably have invested in. This shelter (pictured above) was designed and built by L.A.-based company, Atlas Survival Shelters. Apart from their Mayan apocalypse facilities, they also provide decked out living quarters in the event of an “errant asteroid, nuclear holocaust, or walking dead”.
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This Is How They Reckon The World Will End On 21 December
14 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Haven’t you heard? We’re standing on the precipice of eternal doom. Yes, on 21 December our jig is up. And here are the top five ways doomsayers say we’ll meet our maker. 1) Earth will collide with a rogue planet. There are a bunch of those things crusing around. 2) An “alignment of planets” will cause […]
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One Metre Tsunami Strikes North East Coast Of Japan
07 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
(File Photo: March 2011 Tsunami) Japan’s northeast coast has been struck by a 7,3 magnitude undersea earthquake, and reports are that a one metre high wave has now swept ashore. The same stretch of coastline was devastated by a tsunami in March 2011. Thousands of people perished in the wave. Japan’s national broadcaster, NHK, repeatedly […]
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Hout Bay Boat Disaster Could Have Been Prevented
24 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) today released the findings of its investigation into the Miroshga Hout Bay boat accident. In it, they found that an incorrectly wired pump led to the blue and white catamaran taking on too much water, and eventually capsizing.
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Hout Bay Boat Emergency: All The Footage [GALLERY & VIDEO]
15 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This morning, we reported on a very tragic accident that happened over the weekend in Hout Bay. A charter boat (The Maroshga) – carrying 39 people – capsised near Duiker Island around 15h00 on Saturday.
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