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MOST BRUTAL Natural disasters

Japan, March 11, 2011

•                                      It started off as a shake and then really turned into more of a swing.
•                                      Large chunks of buildings fell to the street, people rush to cover.
•                                      I did think at one point that I really might die here.
•                                      And then round two as the tsunami Sairon’s will.
•                                      The giant tsunami wave crushes into Fukushima power plant, seriously damaging building’s reactors. The Japanese prime-minister said the disaster is the worst crisis for Japan since the World War Two.

Southeastern US, April 27, 2011

•                                      This has been the country’s worst and deadliest tornado since the Great Depression.
•                                      Do you think that the death-toll will go up?
•                                      Yes, sir. We do.

Joplin, Missouri, May 22, 2011

•                                      Oh, gosh. That is a monster tornado!
•                                      The tornado moves slowly, 6 miles through the center of Joplin. The town is now affectively cut in half.
•                                      It was just crazy. It was like a jumbo jet landing on your house.
•                                      It’s just flattened.
•                                      I really was not prepared for what I saw when I got down here.

Mississippi River Valley, May-June, 2011

•                                      We are seeing entire trailer parks engulfed with water, people having to grab their belongings and move out.
•                                      We don’t give up on our home. Keep fighting.

Christchurch, New Zealand, June 13, 2011

•                                      You see, the floor is trembling and then the rocks are falling down.
•                                      New Zealand’s city, Christchurch has been reduced to ruins by an earthquake with dozens killed and unknown numbers of people still trapped in a rubble.
•                                      Magnitudes 6.3 quake, left a lasting impression on landscape and on the people.

Arizona, May-July, 2011

•                                      Flames, raging out of control in Northeast Arizona.
•                                      This is exactly the kind of thing we hoped wouldn’t happen.
•                                      Fire officials are putting out the order to hundreds that it’s time to move to safety.

East Coast USA, August, 2011

•                                      A rim, roughly the size of Europe.
•                                      It is staying on course to head North, with major American cities still on it’s cross here.
•                                      Shelves are emptying in the scramble for last minute supplies and food to last three days.
•                                      What we also saw was a lot of flooding, we’re talking ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep.

Phoenix, Arizona, July-September, 2011

•                                      A massive dust storm rolled through Phoenix. It was more than a mile and a half high. Take a look at this.

Eastern Turkey, October 23, 2011

•                                      Officials in Turkey say many people have died due to a massive earthquake.
•                                      The quake registered 7.2 on scales, strong enough to cause serious damage.
•                                      Thousands panicking rush into the streets.
•                                      Two days after that massive earthquake struck, a miracle in the rubble – a two week old baby pulled alive from a collapse building.
•                                      There is no doubt in my mind, what the people of this community can do. There is no doubt in my mind, the Joplin will rebuild.
•                                      Tears flow as many people are waiting for word on their loved ones, and comfort is all they give to each other.
•                                      Talk to one another, help each other out to the very best you can, we will come through this.
•                                      The things people need right now we are preparing: water, blankets, medical supplies.