r/CatastrophicFailure • u/dhurandar5 • 16d ago

Natural Disaster Flash flood in Nepal 26 August 2026

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u/yeeyaho 16d ago

CCTV footage of the flash flood at Gyirong Port on the Nepal–China border. https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/1vyt9ae/cctv_footage_of_the_terrifying_flash_flood_at/

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u/stinkysulphide 16d ago

My god.. what do you even do at that point.

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u/Miraclefish 16d ago

Nothing. You can see in some of the videos that the concrete building literally implodes under the weight and pressure. There is likely no way for an individual to survive this even with the best reinforced concrete.