How terrible is the tsunami disaster?

Tsunami is a powerful and destructive wave. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, underwater collapses and landslides can all cause tsunamis.

When the earthquake occurred, the seabed strata broke, and some strata suddenly rose or sank, which caused the whole water layer from the seabed to the sea surface to "shake" violently. This "jitter" is very different from the waves you usually see. Generally, waves only fluctuate near the sea surface, and the depth involved is not large, and the amplitude of waves decays rapidly with the water depth. The sea water "jitter" caused by earthquake is the fluctuation of the whole water body from the bottom to the sea surface, which contains amazing energy.

During the tsunami, the height of turbulent waves can reach ten to tens of meters, forming a "water wall". In addition, the tsunami has a long wavelength, which can spread several Qian Qian meters, with little energy loss. For the above reasons, if the tsunami reaches the shore, the "water wall" will rush to the land, posing a serious threat to human life and property.

In the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2004, many people died unfortunately, but some people miraculously survived because of animal rescue.

Smart elephants have saved many people: in Kohli Beach, Thailand, the elephant trainer has eight elephants for tourists to ride and play. That day, before the tsunami came, his elephant suddenly became restless. Around the time of the earthquake (before the tsunami), elephants began to sob. Brother Dan, 36, and his wife Kurata, 24, felt that the elephant was crying and saying something. But Doug said, "I'm surprised because I've never heard an elephant cry." Soon, the elephants calmed down, but after about 1 hour, they wailed again. Although the mahouts tried to calm them down, they just couldn't calm down.

Elephants roll tourists up from the ground with their thick noses and carry them on their backs. At that time, elephants without jobs also broke free from the thick chains. Aniwa, who is responsible for helping tourists ride on the elephant's back, said: "Elephants don't listen to the instructions of the animal trainer. They just run up the mountain." Elephants carry 10 many foreign tourists to the mountain forest behind the holiday beach. On the beach, at least 3800 people were drowned quickly, and more than half of them were foreigners. In this way, the elephant saved the lives of those tourists with his own premonition, so that they avoided the same fate as thousands of victims.

In addition, there is an elephant in Phuket, Thailand, who carried many children in the big waves and fled to a safe place. Ms. Barnett, a British tourist, said that when the huge surge caused by the tsunami reached Phuket, an elephant photographed by tourists on the beach became a hero to save people. At the critical moment, the owner of the elephant carried many children on his back, which enabled those children to escape successfully.

Snakes lead women to save young children: In Banda Aceh refugee camp in Indonesia, Reza, a 26-year-old woman, told the story that she rescued a pair of twin girls under the guidance of a big snake. On that day, the village where Reza lived was hit by a tsunami. In the panic, a seriously injured woman asked Reza to take her twin daughter away. So Reza picked up two girls and ran for her life. While Reza was struggling in the rapids, she saw a big snake sliding on the water and swam forward with it. The snake seemed to be deliberately guiding her, and finally she reached a safe place. Reza said, "It's strange that I didn't panic. Thank God, under the guidance of the serpent, I finally reached the place where the water level was only 1 meter high. " The twin girl saved by her was just black and blue, and her mother's whereabouts were unknown.

Cockroaches come out of their holes to save their lives: Before the arrival of the tsunami, a couple in Macau spent their holidays in Phuket, Thailand, and lived in a cabin by the sea. Suddenly, they found a large number of cockroaches crawling out of the gap between the wall and the floor. They thought there was something wrong with the hygiene of the hut, so they reported the situation to the hotel. It was difficult for the store to explain this phenomenon, so they rearranged the couple to a hotel room more than 300 meters away from the coast. The next morning, when the couple entered the hotel restaurant to prepare breakfast and went swimming at the seaside, the waves had already flocked to the coast and flooded into the hotel and nearby areas. After the sea receded, they came to the seaside and found that the hut where people lived had disappeared without a trace. The scene was shocking.