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World’s Worst Oil Rig Disaster EXPLAINED (Hour by Hour)
On July 6th, 1988, disaster struck! Once the pride of the North Seaturned into one of the deadliest man-made infernos in history. In just minutes, a routine maintenance error triggered a chain reaction so violent that steel twisted like paper,
December 2, 1984 The Bhopal Gas disaster, when a gas leak from the Union Carbide plant, exposes over 500,000 people to the deadly MIC ( methyl isocyanate) gas, resulting in a terrible tragedy. A tale of corporate greed in nexus with political leaders, officials. It was not just… pic.twitter.com/mrdr97PnXw
Researchers describe this potential disaster as the “polder effect.” Unlike regular floods, where water eventually drains away, sinking delta cities behave like deep bowls.
The world's biggest nuclear power plant is poised to restart after a Japanese regional governor cleared plans to proceed with two reactors at Tokyo Electric's Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant.
The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history.
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