Taipei’s Typhoon-Bent Mailboxes
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2016
In August 2015, a powerful typhoon named Soudelor slammed into the east coast of Taiwan bringing torrential rain and fierce wind in excess o...
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Survivor Trees Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 16, 2016
Every now and then, a calamity —either natural or man-made— strikes humanity and just when it appears that no living being could survive the...
Cretto di Burri: The Concrete Labyrinth of Gibellina
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 12, 2016
On the Italian island of Sicily, about 70 km from the capital city Palermo, is a huge labyrinth of concrete hugging the side of a hill like ...
Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 27, 2016
On 12 May, 2008, a devastating earthquake in Wenchuan County, in Sichuan, China, left nearly 70,000 people killed and over 18,000 missing. A...
Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2016
On April 10, 2013, a gigantic chunk of earth and rocks gave away and crashed into the humongous pit created by copper mining at the Bingham ...
The Sand Buried Village of Shoyna
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2016
Shoyna is a small fishing village located on the Kanin Peninsula in Northern Russia. Situated on the edge of the arctic circle, the inhabita...
Kamilo: Hawaii's Plastic Beach
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2016
On the remote southeastern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, lies the beach of Kamilo, where swirling ocean currents bring and dump all sorts...
The Toxic Town of Times Beach, Missouri
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2016
The former town of Times Beach, in Missouri, United States, about 27 km southwest of St. Louis, was founded as part of a strange marketing p...
Frank Slide: Canada’s Deadliest Rockslide Now a Tourist Attraction
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2015
In the early morning hours of April 29, 1903, a massive section of limestone broke away from the summit of Turtle Mountain in Alberta, Canad...
The Valley of The Drums
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2015
During the 1960s, a 23-acre expanse in northern Bullitt County, Kentucky, just outside Louisville, became a disposal ground for toxic waste....
The Sidoarjo Mud Flow Disaster
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
In the densely populated Sidoarjo area in East Java, Indonesia, there is a huge expanse of mud, that is the result of a mud volcano that has...
The Abandoned Refrigerators of Katrina
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2015
Hurricane Katrina, that ravaged the Gulf Coast and the entire city of New Orleans in the summer of 2005, ruined a lot of household appliance...
The San Andreas Fault of California
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2015
A new disaster movie called “ San Andreas ”, from Warner Bros., is coming up on May this year, featuring “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson who plays...
The Coal Fires of Jharia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2014
Jharia and the neighbouring village of Bokapahari, in the state of Jharkhand, lie within one of India’s largest coal reserves. Coke coal is ...
Beichuan, The Preserved Ruins of an Earthquake Destroyed Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2014
Few places provide the opportunity to see the aftermath of a violent natural calamity. The town of Beichuan is one of them. Beichuan is a ...
Preparing for the Apocalypse: Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2013
Endangered species such humpback whales and rhinoceros often grab the headlines, but plant life is under threat too. Fruits and vegetables t...
Disastrous Sinkholes From Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2013
In the last few years, news of unexpected sinkholes swallowing cars, houses and people have made headlines with disturbingly high frequency....
Italy's Earthquake Ravaged Ghost Towns
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2013
You'll have heard, no doubt, of Pompeii, the Roman town perfectly preserved in a moment when nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted. T...
Salton Sea - The Accidentally Created Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2013
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline lake located 226 feet below sea level, occupying the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorad...
The Leaning Buildings of Santos, Brazil
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2013
The coastline along the city of Santos, some 80 km from Sao Paulo, in Brazil, offers a strange sight. Like dominoes about to topple, the wat...
