Amazing Earth: Battling with nature's fury of 2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI!
Aired (October 4, 2024): The calmness of the waters can bring you peace, but when the waves start to rage with fury, be prepared to run! These are the stories of resilience from the survivors of the 2011 Japan Tsunami. #Amazing Earth #WorldsDeadliestWeather
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00:00Incredible footage and inspiring stories of the people who were saved in the most desperate
00:12typhoon and deadly flood can now be seen in the continuation of the third part of our
00:18nature series, The World's Deadliest Weather.
00:23The flood alert issued a warning to everyone to be careful in order to be saved.
00:34A giant wave swept the town.
00:44In the North Pole, people tried to swim in the ice.
00:54A stern with a hard head was stuck in the ice.
01:06A man with a hard head jumped into the building and that's how it all ended.
01:10Do you know that you can get an earthquake alert with the help of the DOST Pag-asa account
01:22in the X-micro-vlogging app?
01:25That's one way we can learn about the technology to be more alert to the coming floods.
01:33But what if the events happen quickly?
01:36A good lesson was shown by the people of Japan when the strongest earthquake hit their
01:43ocean.
01:44In the story Amazing No. 5, Tsunami Alert.
01:482011 in Ofunato, Japan.
01:51The 9.1 earthquake shook Kenji Saito's business.
01:57This is the strongest earthquake that hit the country.
02:00But Kenji had an advanced idea.
02:02He had an idea of what would happen next.
02:07He told everyone to evacuate immediately.
02:11The power line was cut off and they were warned that a tsunami would come.
02:17Kenji was saved from the 1960 tsunami because of his father's quick action.
02:23And he jumped into the building.
02:26Before the tsunami alert could be heard, Kenji immediately fled to the nearby village.
02:34In the province of Otsuchi, with Tara Milen, a group of Canadian and American conservationists
02:41arrived in Dauman.
02:44The earthquake was strong and they were almost knocked down.
02:48They saw a lot of the damage.
02:51They left their house to go to a higher area to prepare for the tsunami.
02:57The Japanese Coast Guard boarded the ship.
03:00They went to the epicenter of the earthquake to check if the tsunami triggered it.
03:06There, they witnessed the 1.6 to 1.0 earthquake.
03:10They were not yet far when they were suddenly hit by a heavy tsunami.
03:14They were shocked and terrified.
03:17Especially since the tsunami was 30 feet high at a speed of 34 miles per hour.
03:23But there was more to follow.
03:25They noticed that the water was already flowing and the town was already visible.
03:31Tara and the conservationists were able to evacuate to a higher area.
03:36Tara remembered what happened to Kenji.
03:39When it happened in Thailand,
03:41it was as if the sea was gradually pulling the water back as massive waves.
03:47At the same time, things were floating from the bottom of the sea.
03:53On the northeast coast, the sea was sucking the water from the town
03:57which was providing a way to see the breakwater.
04:00The main defense was built after the 1960 tsunami.
04:04This means that the first wave of the tsunami was just around the corner.
04:09In this office, a firefighter was able to take a picture of the tsunami unfold.
04:15You can see that the 16-foot sea barriers have already crossed the water.
04:20That's why they need to be evacuated.
04:23In Japan, there are regular earthquakes and tsunami drills
04:27in order to prevent the tsunami from hitting the town.
04:30In Japan, there are regular earthquakes and tsunami drills
04:33in order to prevent the tsunami from hitting the town.
04:36But their preparation was still not enough
04:39to withstand the deadliest tsunami that hit the country.
04:44The only question in such a surprising situation is,
04:47will you give up?
04:48Watch the story of Amazing No. 4,
04:51No Fight Against the Anger of the Sea.
04:55Kenji Saito was already evacuated to a higher area
04:58when the tsunami hit the town.
05:03They were overwhelmed with sadness
05:05as they saw their town slowly drowning.
05:09They entered the town when the water level rose.
05:15They were crying.
05:16What else?
05:18The emergency drills started.
05:20Millions of people evacuated to the entire northeast coast.
05:24Some of them climbed up the rooftop
05:26and closed the windows of the old building.
05:29But even with such preparation,
05:31it was impossible to avoid the devastating tsunami.
05:36The government issued an evacuation order
05:39to the people in the finery.
05:44As the water level rose,
05:46people immediately climbed to the third floor.
05:50In Sendai,
05:51the Coast Guard witnessed the destruction of their town.
05:56As the water level rose,
05:58the industrial gas and shipments were stopped.
06:04In Ofunato,
06:05most of the factories and bridges were destroyed by the tsunami.
06:10They even forgot about their own safety.
06:13I thought it was dangerous where I was.
06:17I turned around and ran away.
06:20I called out to everyone,
06:23but only one father was there.
06:27In Minami, San Rico,
06:28someone was left behind.
06:31A woman was watching as she ran
06:34while she was being chased by the tsunami.
06:37She escaped,
06:38but thousands of stranded people were stranded
06:41on the sinking ships.
06:43The Coast Guard's helicopters were not enough.
06:48In Isyonamaki,
06:49a man was trapped in a ship's container
06:53before he jumped into an electricity wire
06:56that was used by the survivors.
06:59It took more than 15 minutes for him to be rescued.
07:03The water quickly entered the mainland of Sendai,
07:07including Lamon Airport.
07:10It was dangerous,
07:11but the workers at the airport could not leave.
07:16They also felt the aftershock.
07:22Otsuchi, Sinatara, and their friends
07:24were stranded in the middle of the ocean.
07:29More than 1,000 miles away in Japan,
07:31the tsunami hit the whole country.
07:35All their questions were gone.
07:38Sinatara woke up to a chaotic scene.
07:42They went down to see what they could do.
07:52And this is Sinatara's old road.
07:55It was gone.
07:56The garbage was being carried by the water.
07:59Otsuchi's town seemed to have left.
08:02More than half of the population
08:04was worried about the incident
08:07because it was so cold back then.
08:09The only thing they could do was to look for help,
08:11not to rescue.
08:13The water reached 130 feet in some places.
08:17One million houses were destroyed or damaged.
08:21More than 250,000 people lost their homes.
08:24And 20,000 were stranded.
08:26The Fukushima nuclear reactor was also destroyed
08:29and caused more than 32 million people
08:32to be exposed to a dangerous amount of radiation.
08:35According to the Japanese Prime Minister,
08:37this tsunami was the worst crisis in the country
08:40after World War II.
08:43A big survival test is facing any disaster.
08:46In other words, you are being tested by the government.
08:50But there are people who are the opposite.
08:53They are the ones who are being tested by the government.
08:57This is how the story of Amazing No. 3 goes.
09:01Can you still do it?
09:03The amazing times bring the biggest tragedy
09:06in all corners of the world.
09:08And this is also what will test our resilience.
09:11Lewis Pugh was a former Special Forces Ocean Activist.
09:15He was a former Special Forces Ocean Activist.
09:18He wanted to swim more than half a mile in the North Pole.
09:22It's hard to find liquid water here.
09:26But due to global warming,
09:28there is water here every summer.
09:32It has reached negative 1.7 Celsius now.
09:36If it's not salty water, it will definitely freeze.
09:40Swimming here can kill you in just one minute.
09:43But Lewis was trained to swim.
09:46He was trained to warm up his body.
09:48That's why he sweats first before jumping into the water.
09:53A few minutes later,
09:55his back was covered in ice.
09:57And because he reached 18 minutes and 50 seconds,
10:00he set a new world record.
10:05In 1934,
10:06Mount Washington Weather Observatory in New Hampshire
10:10recorded the fastest wind not coming from a storm
10:14in a record of 231 miles per hour.
10:17These weather observers enjoy the wind
10:20with a speed of 109 miles per hour
10:22where it's almost impossible to walk.
10:26In the Luderitz on the Namibian coast,
10:29Anton Albu did a world record attempt
10:32of windsurfing at a speed of 55 miles per hour.
10:36He swam in the wind,
10:39so he couldn't see where he was going.
10:41He was difficult, he was dangerous.
10:43He only needed the right angle
10:45to sail faster than the wind.
10:49Can you imagine?
10:50He was able to reach a speed of 60 miles per hour.
10:55At first glance,
10:56you might think it's not dangerous,
10:58but this extreme weather condition is the most deadly.
11:01More than 4 million people die every year
11:04from urban smog or mixed smoke and fog.
11:08Delhi is the most affected city in India.
11:11Its air pollution is 10 times higher
11:14than the limit of the World Health Organization.
11:17Every year, 20,000 people die here.
11:20You don't have to be an ST
11:22to face a deadly weather like this
11:25because anyone can be affected.
11:27Mrs. is always right.
11:29That's the motto of good men.
11:31In other words, don't fight if you don't want to get hit.
11:36It's easy to make a joke
11:37if you're just talking about a simple problem.
11:39But what if you're already facing a deadly storm
11:42and Mr. is still strong?
11:44The servant can't handle it.
11:46Let's find out in the story Amazing No. 2.
11:48Mr. Listening to Mrs.
11:52August 29, 2005.
11:55The New Orleans was cut by the category 5 storm Katrina.
11:59On that day,
12:00it was noticed that there were not many cars on the road.
12:03Caroline Vacarella and her husband Rocky
12:07were living near the sea.
12:09The two were fighting.
12:10Rocky knew that a storm was coming
12:13but he didn't want to evacuate because everything was calm.
12:16I was not staying here with a possible hurricane 4 or 5
12:22hitting this area.
12:23Caroline decided to evacuate
12:25while Rocky and his son Luke were left at home.
12:30On the other side of the street,
12:32Rocky and his son didn't evacuate.
12:35They were able to get 120 miles per hour of wind
12:39hitting the roof of Rocky and Caroline's house.
12:42Well, the situation over here is too terrible.
12:45I guess this will be the last one I see in my lifetime.
12:49They didn't expect this to happen.
12:52After the storm Katrina passed by,
12:55it destroyed the flood banks
12:57which caused a storm surge of up to 25 feet.
13:00Well, we were in the house and the water started coming up real high.
13:03My son and I went through a window
13:05and we grabbed onto the gutter pipe
13:07and pulled ourselves onto the roof.
13:09But even on the roof, it was very dangerous.
13:12Because of the strong wind,
13:13Rocky had a hard time escaping.
13:15The water was very strong and fast
13:18and there were a lot of things floating in the water.
13:21On the other side of the street,
13:22Rocky's powerboat sank in the flood.
13:27They also had a roof, but they couldn't move it.
13:31The roof was attached to a hill.
13:34Later, Rocky's powerboat came up with an idea.
13:37He let them go to the boat.
13:40Caroline's powerboat was able to call her husband.
13:44He was so brave and he shouted as the water kept rising.
13:48The problem was, Rocky and Luke were stranded on the roof.
13:52Rocky let his son go first.
13:54His wife waited for him and gave him a hug.
13:59When they got to the powerboat,
14:01it was time for Rocky to go first.
14:06He could see his target.
14:09But Rocky's wife was there to support him.
14:12It's a good thing that this family became brave and brave
14:16in the middle of the most dangerous hurricane in the history of America.
14:20Rocky was able to get the boat ready.
14:22Rocky and his wife accompanied them,
14:25but they didn't have enough gasoline.
14:28As the water kept rising, cars were floating.
14:31They had no other choice but to pray
14:34to be saved from this tragedy.
14:36They were like a wet cat that slept through the night.
14:39But the water was still high,
14:41and they were not the only ones stranded.
14:44As the night passed,
14:45the weather became colder and colder.
14:53But they also thought that the water would not go down
14:56and that no one would help them.
14:58It's a good thing that some of them ate
15:00and took care to give them food.
15:02Because of the cruelty of the crew,
15:04the family was able to escape
15:06and the Alaskan Husky was also saved.
15:08They were able to find out that Caro Brown was right.
15:11When you are told to leave,
15:13you need to be alert and evacuate immediately.
15:16It is also important to have your belongings ready and packed.
15:20Remember,
15:21regret is always at the end.
15:24Have you noticed on social media
15:25that a lot of people are doing crazy things
15:27to increase the number of likes and followers online?
15:30Sometimes, even if it's a twist of life,
15:32they will do it in their own way.
15:35And we also have extreme adventurers
15:38who are looking for something in their body
15:40that doesn't kill you, but makes you stronger.
15:42That's what they found in the story of Amazing No. 1,
15:45KINAYA ANG BUHAY.
15:48Deadly weather.
15:49You are lucky if you are saved.
15:52But there are people who are trying their luck.
15:55Like the people here at the ski resort
15:57where there is a pond that needs to be avoided.
16:01But here's where it gets tough.
16:05Wind.
16:06Gliding is important,
16:07but this pilot opened the parachute too early
16:10while taking off.
16:14The combined force of the wind increased.
16:16It was too high, so he lost control.
16:21In the wind that reached a speed of 30 miles per hour,
16:24he needed to land.
16:27But in his descent,
16:28he hit a rock.
16:34Surprise signal number one.
16:36But the pilots said,
16:37whatever landing you can do,
16:39it's still considered a good landing.
16:43It's possible that a mountain of snow
16:46could have piled up.
16:48But this pilot was saved
16:50just like that.
16:54In Sochi, Russia,
16:56an Angelina Jolie look-alike
16:58was flying over something that no one could hear
17:02while flying in the black sea.
17:06But fortunately,
17:07she was still able to land.
17:10Of course,
17:11this Russian pilot was at his last extreme.
17:14He used the snow for a 100-foot jump.
17:19At the bottom,
17:20there was a mountain of snow
17:22that jumped on him.
17:23He even set fire to it
17:25to make it more dramatic.
17:28There it is.
17:29He jumped.
17:30He's still alive.
17:31He's still alive.
17:32He's still alive.
17:33He was severely injured
17:34and hit in his chest.
17:36But before he was taken to the hospital,
17:38a reminder to all viewers.
17:41Don't try this at home
17:43because you could get sick or die from this.
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