That is nothing, if supernova would explode within 25 light years away from earth it would be catastrophic to life, luckily there are no massive stars within that radius to earth to become supernovae.
@@slavakulishko3771 That has nothing to do with this and supernova explosions is VERY VERY RARE! Remember that this volcanic eruption that has just happened is more powerful than the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested. This eruption has a Magnitude of 5 or even more!
Thanks to Hollywood, a lot of people think tsunamis are supposed to be 100-foot tall waves or something. But what we saw in this video is a real tsunami hitting land. That surge might look harmless and you might think you can wade through it, but the energy it has to carry you back out to sea when it retreats is nothing to laugh at. If 2 feet of rushing water is enough to lift a car off its wheels, then it’ll take less to lift you off your feet. All you need is to lose your footing in the surge and you’ll get carried away.
The other part people seem to forget is tsunamis are actually big, they're not high, they're big. The water that comes to surface is huge, then it keeps coming forward like it's just a beach wave until it reaches a point where it has to go back. To anyone finding it hard to understand why that's scary, ever played with a rubber band?
Makes you realize how small the world really is and how we are all connected on some level when an incident happens in an entirely different country and you feel its effects.
I'm in Central Texas, and the creek next to my house that has been dry for years started running Tuesday afternoon, after the dry pond up the road filled and overflowed the dam. I'm over 7k miles away from that volcano. The last time this happened was several years ago when that massive tsunami hit Japan.
even prodigy of their meitary senser boeys, also moreless for tsunami, hurricane, tidal sensing/monitirong 7 other apps & oceanwide internet,etc akak starlink but for the ocean akak sealink!!!
When you hear nonsense news tonga underwater and than the Karen start talking about us, Cali, British Columbia, Japan, China, South Korea but nothing about tonga Island
I remember reading about a passenger ship getting caught in a tidel wave over 100 years ago. The wave was seen in the distance and it would have hit the ship side on which would have probably sunk her. The captain had enough presence of mind to turn the ship so that it rode the wave like a surfer. Result was a small amount of damage but the ship, passengers and crew all survived.
👍 During the Japan tsunami there was a boat moored at the dock, it was then shown heading straight out to sea as soon as it saw the tidal wave, and met it head on. I was panicked when I first watched it but then realized it was less likely to be smashed to pieces on the shore if it headed out to sea
You might be remembering the story of the Dutch ship "Gouverneur Generaal Loudon", captained by Johan Lindemann. The eruption was at Krakatoa in 1883. I'm not sure whether the captain saw the wave and turned the ship (visibility was very poor), or whether he realised, after hearing the massive explosion, that a tsunami was probable and turned the ship to face the volcano so that it would ride over the wave bow-first -- far safer than allowing the wave to come from behind. The crew had shovelled like mad to keep the decks clear of ash; and Captain Lindemann sent all the passengers down to the hold. His foresight and seamanship kept the ship's centre of gravity low, and helped prevent it from capsizing. His diary has been published.
Always turn into a wave and if its big and you have engines and telegraphs - full speed ahead & three rings to tell the engineer full speed +. Broadside it'll capsize a small ship and potentially do serious hull damage to a large one, especially if it strikes at an angle. Try to maintain a speed if it's a storm or high sea that you can keep making progress but the hull isn't unsupported at any time.
What about the people affected? What about the people struggling to stay on their feet because of the waves? All you can do is say that this is incredible. Im ashamed
this decade has been a stark reminder of what how dangerous and perilous can be if we won't limit the consequences of economics and finances on the environment: the eruption has nothing to do with it, but melting of glaciers and poles, extinction of species, shortage of foods, draughts, floods, massive emigrations that we will face are consequences of ecological disruption caused by human systems. Even a pandemic in its death tool is very little to what s going to happen for a shift of 2 degrees Celsius. When ecosystems change so abruptly in such short time, life can't cope to adjust.
i feel bad for the people that got hit by it and got killed rest and Peace to those people that got hit and killed. It also warn my area since I live in the west cost of CA but for some reason i didn't get the alert but my friend did and my aunt but we are fine they could put like a watch because we didn't get hit at all but hope the other places that got hit are ok
So scary!! We used to live on the pacific coast and In all those years we never experienced a tsunami warning. It always worried me being so close to the ocean though.
I thought after the terrible Christmas Tsunami everyone now knew how dangerous it is to be on low ground and how the sea withdrawing is a signal that a tsunami is coming and get away from the coast.
You can bet they knew, just likely some government official didn't feel like warning others, the same happend in Germany last year when heavy rains washed away multiple towns and villages and people only got warned by others (family members and firefighters that knew each other) more upstream that had already been hit.
You know it. Our Covid Alert level system change is more effective pinging our phones. Usually there is an annual Civil Defence warning on all phones to test it. Seems the test did nothing.
Yeah there is an observatory on New Britain in the west pacific that pretty much predicted this even two days prior to it occuring. The issue is that its not funded for tonga
I didn’t realise the tsunami reached other countries too. I think I heard houses near the sea in my city in New Zealand were evacuated due to a tsunami risk but none came, some people’s houses were raided though.
[2] Notice the absolute folly and recklessness of people who were going close to zones of high risk and even standing right in front of the waves as if filming for a moment was worth losing their lives forever. Move to safety and then record, report, and document. Safety first and above all. As with vaccination and public-health measures in a global pandemic, so with earthquakes, volcanos, tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis: plan, prepare, prevent and mitigate.
where they were from, has to be noted. I thought Peru and Japan performed admirably, the former, familiar, with the potential horror script, these events can cause.
@@a..4255 [3] is this: Repeat the lessons from [1] and from [2]. Plan, prepare, prevent, and mitigate. Move/build/rebuild inland and upland. Safety and health first and above all.
[1] There have been many warnings in recent years but people still continue to build on the beachfront and low-lying areas that are prone to hurricanes, to rising sea-levels, to global warming, and to tsunamis. What better warning could anyone in the world want than the one that swept through Indonesia to the Philippines, Malaysia and elsewhere, killing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people? We need to learn from these experiences and move away from coastlines, restore reefs and mangroves, add rocks and concrete armour to coastal communities, put homes, businesses and infrastructure farther inland and upland.
More like the big players should be held accountable for climate change. People in those areas have settled there for millennia. Why should they upend their way of life?
@@LaughableSynonyms We can easily empathise with those in indigenous communities that are being disrupted by the pollution, by the imported fast-food diets, and by the excessive garbage, packaging, and fossil-fuel usage inspired by the Western industrial nations. However, even without global warming caused by human activities in the past 40 years, there would be many an example you could find . . . (e.g., hurricanes: Barbados, 1955; earthquakes: Japan, Mexico, California; tsunamis: over 300,000 dead some years ago in Indonesia and surrounding Asian countries; volcanic eruptions [a] in St. Vincent: April, 1979, and again April, 2021; [b] in Montserrat: 1995 to 2010) . . . that can destroy lives, properties, and entire villages if they are too near to the coast or bodies of water. In recent months, even Germany (advanced nation) had deadly flooding in communities that were located along a river . . . with lost lives and massive widespread damage. Every year, Western U.S.A. and British Columbia in Canada are prime examples of frequent, numerous and large-scale wildfires, any of which can cause loss of life/homes/properties if persons are too near to forests.
Philippines: wait, there was supposed to be a tsunami? Okay for real, it took me until now to realised this, and guess what Neither warnings nor an effect from the Tonga eruption were recovered in my country, WHATSOEVER
This eruption sent a plume 12 miles high, how deep underwater was the volcano and explosion? I'm asking because for an underwater explosion to send smoke/ash 12 miles high it had to be massive.
They said it’s because of the volatile nature of the extreme heat from the lava hitting the cool ocean water. It created a huge explosion instantaneously.
Thank you for the coverage. Had only heard/seen smidgens of coverage after hearing of Tonga volcano and potential tsunami. Thoughts and prayers to those affected for a speedy pain free recovery.
I was at the sunshine coast, fishing with a family friend at night, and then when we got out of the water his wife called saying that there was a tsunami warning, we we're like "Oh.. ok." because we we're pretty suprised. Anyway, while we we're fishing I did think that the tide was moving out unusually fast, but yeah, the next morning when we went to the beach, it was only a quarter of what was there before.. even less.
Most concerned about the people on Tonga, but no footage yet. Strange! We are so used to most of the World being in touch or in the media. Hope we hear positive news soon.
Wow! No warning, been there in the 90's with a wall of water that hit the CA coast & took a few yr to recover (!) depending upon the damage (along with high surf for an extended period) super scary!
It's strange how the wave traveled so far yet the tsunami hasn't been as high as you might expect for a tsunami capable of traveling such huge distances. It don't make sense.
The tsunami warning in Peru was cancelled by the government and most people didn't know that it wasn't safe to be at the beach or around and that's why there's videos of people from Ica where their business get flooded and so. And also thanks to the lack of info and interest from authorities/people, a ship that was unloading barrels of oil got hit by the tides and caused a huge oil spill, news said it was 6k barrels, and that it will take years to clean :/ it could have been prevented but the org (ministerio del ambiente, environment office) that issues the warnings is managed by a man who doesn't have any knowledge on environmental management and Repsol (the business that managed the shipment) did not take the correct procedures to stop the oil spill/correctly manage the problem and now it's a disaster :( the government is doing nothing, and Repsol sent 15 people to clean a section of beach, and these people were cleaning the oil with dust pans. There's volunteers trying to help but bc of lack of equipment they're not able to do much, it's a complete disaster :((
People need to know now more about tsunami's. The danger is not the size of the wave but the amount of energy they possess. A small tsunami wave has enough energy to throws cars and people are just stood their. They can also carry a lot of items hidden which will do sever damage if it hits you.
@@JGold-cu5mo Don't expect anything any time soon, here's an idea, just yell out Omicron is in the community and then maybe you'll get an immediate response from the authorities.
Just how far away is Tonga?! Wow! Satellite video of that Massive Tonga Volcano Eruption in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean was One of the Biggest Explosion ever recorded from planet Earth 🌍 so far by the ISS! Dooms Day seems to be getting Closer by the Month! 🙏🕯
Imagine that happening not in a totally isolated ocean with only some islands actually being close and being close to europe or north and South America
At 2 in the AM Saturday? Because that is when the first surge wave from the tsunami came in 30 feet onshore and literally wiped out some families camping at South Point here on Hawai’i island. 10 pm news said there was no concern and that buoys near Tonga didn’t pick up a tsunami.
What about it? Why media is only talking about it and not about the wars, child killing in the world. How this low scale event got so much hieghlight than it was in japan, Indonesia.
I live in Belgium and i didn't notice anything lol. Allthough it hits home in some way because i used to live on Tenerife for a while. It is a paradise with nice weather, nice people, layed back culture etc. The thing is, it is sitting on a massive supervolcano that is active and overdue for an eruption. It will explode sooner or later within my lifetime. It saddens me to know all those people i met there will die horribly one day. When that supervolcano explodes i'll be safe and sound back in Belgium but the Canary islands however will be completly obliterated and have tsunami's hitting Africa, Spain, Ireland, UK and even send massive destructive tsunami's on New York.
I hope Tongans are okay and stay safe... Volcano eruption triggering a Tsunami will definitely be catastrophic... Nature can be powerful when i wants to be.
NOT true, we in NZ got warnings of a tidal surge within 30 minutes of the eruption, I heard the BOOM BOOM and came inside, Radio NZ made a mistake and said a Tsunami wave was expected but quickly changed that to a " Tidal surge, warning all to stay away from the coast. Northland Civil Defense put a warning on Fb at 7.30 PM . MANY HOURS BEFORE THE SURGE ARRIVED..a few seem to have missed it..I moved my boat to higher ground, only a small one so easy to do so..NZ sirens and Tsunami warning system was not used because no Tsunami wave formed to send people to higher ground..Tutukaka marina is known as the worst place to be if surges or Tsunami waves arrive..been wrecked before in the last one..
1:23 Francisco had it bigger, like a big splash, while los Angelou’s had bigger waves, but was unaffected, even the beachcombers and homeless camping on the coastal bushes or at the pier, and undenied parties by hipsters and teens, or unless living in the bushes on other side of coast highway higher up the cliffs, or inner Malibu,etc
The Indian Ocean and Fukushima incidents were devastating but they made people aware about tsunami and I wish everywhere people will be save because of this awareness as they now know what's the causes, signs, and survival methods
Why? She's not in any real danger. The US warnings were quite clear that it wasn't a serious threat. I'm sure it was a thrilling experience. Life is already hard enough to make everything out to be the end of the world.
me too, considering she was so lucky while Tonga got pretty much completely covered in water. all those people without homes and those who've fallen victim... it was very ignorant.
@@mastahfrederique1147 true, perhaps she was kind of shocked about seeing that too. you never see waves like that in the bay. scary area there too though since they're very earthquake-prone and lying between 2 tectonic plates.
" Around the world " in this case means on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. I might have thought the " world " was even bigger than this.Still waiting for reports from the Faroe Islands and from Senegal though.
It was on Page 3 of the Faroe Daily News and on the "News from Around the World" section of the Les News des Senegal. Didn't you check pre-commenting?..:-)
Can this affect the whole world? Like over the years, can the ash and smoke affect our atmosphere? Alsoz the volcano is still active so it may be possible that it erupts again with a bigger wave.
Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 famously dropped Earth's average global temperature by half a degree for a couple of years. The chief way volcanoes do this is by injecting vast quantities of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. SO2 combines with water to make a haze of tiny droplets, or aerosols, that reflect incoming solar radiation. The satellites data from this eruption shows that it there is 400,000 tonnes of SO2 injected into the atmosphere, but 0.4 teragrams is actually not enough to cause significant cooling effects.
This Literally happened the day a cyclone hit the Northern Territory or around the time of it coming so the waves where already big, I didn’t even know that a volcano erupted until the 17th of January when my dad told me about ash form the volcano in the sky
This is just a tiny splash compared to the tsunami that is about to hit the west coast soon when the cascadia quake occurs. You can expect to see a wave 100 feet high or higher. Will an early warning system and emergency plan help the coastal residents escape that?
It shows you how powerful nature really is. You can be thousands of miles away, and feel some sort of effect.
It's always been powerful
@@Soraviel Nature is everywhere.
That is nothing, if supernova would explode within 25 light years away from earth it would be catastrophic to life, luckily there are no massive stars within that radius to earth to become supernovae.
@@slavakulishko3771 That has nothing to do with this and supernova explosions is VERY VERY RARE! Remember that this volcanic eruption that has just happened is more powerful than the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested. This eruption has a Magnitude of 5 or even more!
Not to scare you but this isn’t even an itch
Thanks to Hollywood, a lot of people think tsunamis are supposed to be 100-foot tall waves or something. But what we saw in this video is a real tsunami hitting land. That surge might look harmless and you might think you can wade through it, but the energy it has to carry you back out to sea when it retreats is nothing to laugh at. If 2 feet of rushing water is enough to lift a car off its wheels, then it’ll take less to lift you off your feet. All you need is to lose your footing in the surge and you’ll get carried away.
Well said
The other part people seem to forget is tsunamis are actually big, they're not high, they're big. The water that comes to surface is huge, then it keeps coming forward like it's just a beach wave until it reaches a point where it has to go back. To anyone finding it hard to understand why that's scary, ever played with a rubber band?
Look at Japan 2011
Exactly
@@smji5269 precisely. Expansion and retraction. The coming ashore is just the buildup.
Makes you realize how small the world really is and how we are all connected on some level when an incident happens in an entirely different country and you feel its effects.
It's not small. We made it small.
?????
I'm in Central Texas, and the creek next to my house that has been dry for years started running Tuesday afternoon, after the dry pond up the road filled and overflowed the dam. I'm over 7k miles away from that volcano. The last time this happened was several years ago when that massive tsunami hit Japan.
Crazy, interesting
you might be surprised to hear, but that was almost 11 years ago
Bruh! Natureeee
Buddy I don’t think no waves reached you in texas
😨
I think the Japanese warning needs to be a global one, once you hear that it immediately floods you with fear
Yes, it does. The output is just perfect for warnings
Very much like Half-Life
even prodigy of their meitary senser boeys, also moreless for tsunami, hurricane, tidal sensing/monitirong 7 other apps & oceanwide internet,etc akak starlink but for the ocean akak sealink!!!
BTW look at example form Battleship film
@@kt249 My thought as well :D
Absolutely crazy. Glad it wasn’t way worse. Heart goes out to the people in Tonga.
How do you know? were you there? there has been no updates in the last 24 hours
Trust me it's gonna get worse. We just might see another Tambora sooner or later.
@@MuhammadAliGOAT I heard that in parts of tonga tsunami waves reached 15m height
When you hear nonsense news tonga underwater and than the Karen start talking about us, Cali, British Columbia, Japan, China, South Korea but nothing about tonga Island
This is why I love the east coast
I remember reading about a passenger ship getting caught in a tidel wave over 100 years ago. The wave was seen in the distance and it would have hit the ship side on which would have probably sunk her. The captain had enough presence of mind to turn the ship so that it rode the wave like a surfer. Result was a small amount of damage but the ship, passengers and crew all survived.
👍 During the Japan tsunami there was a boat moored at the dock, it was then shown heading straight out to sea as soon as it saw the tidal wave, and met it head on. I was panicked when I first watched it but then realized it was less likely to be smashed to pieces on the shore if it headed out to sea
You might be remembering the story of the Dutch ship "Gouverneur Generaal Loudon", captained by Johan Lindemann. The eruption was at Krakatoa in 1883. I'm not sure whether the captain saw the wave and turned the ship (visibility was very poor), or whether he realised, after hearing the massive explosion, that a tsunami was probable and turned the ship to face the volcano so that it would ride over the wave bow-first -- far safer than allowing the wave to come from behind. The crew had shovelled like mad to keep the decks clear of ash; and Captain Lindemann sent all the passengers down to the hold. His foresight and seamanship kept the ship's centre of gravity low, and helped prevent it from capsizing. His diary has been published.
Basic seamanship.
I heard a similar story out of Japan not long ago. Might have been that one around 2014 that hit Japan.
Always turn into a wave and if its big and you have engines and telegraphs - full speed ahead & three rings to tell the engineer full speed +.
Broadside it'll capsize a small ship and potentially do serious hull damage to a large one, especially if it strikes at an angle.
Try to maintain a speed if it's a storm or high sea that you can keep making progress but the hull isn't unsupported at any time.
You can see the shock-wave from space. That's incredible!
What about the people affected? What about the people struggling to stay on their feet because of the waves? All you can do is say that this is incredible. Im ashamed
@@nick.3455 what else could you do? feel sorry? is that the extent of your resolve? Just to make people feel ashamed on the internet?
@@nick.3455 who hurt you? there's nothing wrong with admiring nature
@@namaereri7511 This was months ago bro.
Ive matured now and yeah now I understand that admiring nature is fine.
This decade has been a stark reminder of how dangerous and perilous nature can be.
Always has been
this decade has been a stark reminder of what how dangerous and perilous can be if we won't limit the consequences of economics and finances on the environment: the eruption has nothing to do with it, but melting of glaciers and poles, extinction of species, shortage of foods, draughts, floods, massive emigrations that we will face are consequences of ecological disruption caused by human systems. Even a pandemic in its death tool is very little to what s going to happen for a shift of 2 degrees Celsius. When ecosystems change so abruptly in such short time, life can't cope to adjust.
it's a planet, things happen. deal with it
The virus wasn't really nature tho was it, hasn't it been confirmed it came from a lab?
like we need to prepare or even climate change will end life as we know it & our heritage will only deuterate
People don't seem to understand how lucky they were that the waves weren't that big.
i feel bad for the people that got hit by it and got killed rest and Peace to those people that got hit and killed. It also warn my area since I live in the west cost of CA but for some reason i didn't get the alert but my friend did and my aunt but we are fine they could put like a watch because we didn't get hit at all but hope the other places that got hit are ok
says you sitting in your little race car bed with your bib and blankey
@@colem2345 🤡
says the guy who was never there
@@MuhammadAliGOAT who meh? or the person that is above us 0-0
So scary!! We used to live on the pacific coast and In all those years we never experienced a tsunami warning. It always worried me being so close to the ocean though.
@@IBTU that was a bit harsh!
@@IBTU You have no idea what you're saying.
People forget we're living on a fire ball crust that has many weak spots.
And yet, without the molten core of the planet we wouldn't have the magnetic field that protect us from the deadly cosmic rays.
This planet is clearly unfit for habitation!
@@ian_b what?
@@boomclashgamer7444 What I said. It's a deathtrap.
@@ian_b You should embarq the next rocket to anywhere and fly away
I thought after the terrible Christmas Tsunami everyone now knew how dangerous it is to be on low ground and how the sea withdrawing is a signal that a tsunami is coming and get away from the coast.
Let me just stand here filming the sea withdrawing. This can't mean anything bad.
i was thinking wat fool that fellow was standing there filming. trying 2 b a hero.
We live in the age of the internet, people would rather record something for tiktok than save themselves
I’d like to think that sometimes people don’t grow up near the coast and instead only visit on a holiday, therefore ignorant to the signs of a tsunami
New Zealand needs better early warning systems. We were told at least a day ago in Australia about the tsunami, including where it would impact.
You can bet they knew, just likely some government official didn't feel like warning others, the same happend in Germany last year when heavy rains washed away multiple towns and villages and people only got warned by others (family members and firefighters that knew each other) more upstream that had already been hit.
You know it. Our Covid Alert level system change is more effective pinging our phones. Usually there is an annual Civil Defence warning on all phones to test it. Seems the test did nothing.
Yeah there is an observatory on New Britain in the west pacific that pretty much predicted this even two days prior to it occuring. The issue is that its not funded for tonga
Mid ocean speed of a tsunami is 500mph. It would have hot you in less than 4 hours. How could you be told a day before?
@@dougaltolan3017 Even if they didn't knew about it a day before, 4 hours is 4 hours to warn people.
Praying for family back in Tonga 🙏🏽🇹🇴 Such a tragic event that has changed my little island country 😔
Amen Toko
Prayers for Tonga!! We love the people of Tonga and hope and pray they will get the help they need during this critical time!!
@@legionofgod6691 💙
@@Chrysalis52 thank you Christine ! Much love 🙏🏽
Amen ❤️ Sending prayers to Tonga too, and I wish strength for you as well.
I didn’t realise the tsunami reached other countries too. I think I heard houses near the sea in my city in New Zealand were evacuated due to a tsunami risk but none came, some people’s houses were raided though.
that dude filming the "event" almost got swept away
2022 welcoming us with a Volcanic Eruption that can be seen from space. Nice way to start the year!
2021 - Forest fire 🔥
Thats not a big deal. You can even see rocket explosions in Gaza / Palastine sometimes.
(or anywhere for that matter)
Perhaps another megathrust at least 8.5 Magnitude earthquake wanna wobble this year again...
@@RoBert-on1kb ARE PEOPLE STILL KILLING EACHOTHER IN THAT PART OF ISRAEL?!
@@wolfthunder2526 dont forget to throw another couple of EF5 tornadoes in there too
WOW praying for all these people from Tonga 🙏🏼💗
There were huge waves at Namibias coast too on 18th.... What a wonderful image.. Prayers for the people of Tonga
0:34 When rocks that are usually underneath the water are completely out of it, it's time to get away as quickly as one can.
When the ocean starts running away, so should you
@@ItsKam That's what I was trying to say
🙌
[2] Notice the absolute folly and recklessness of people who were going close to zones of high risk and even standing right in front of the waves as if filming for a moment was worth losing their lives forever. Move to safety and then record, report, and document. Safety first and above all. As with vaccination and public-health measures in a global pandemic, so with earthquakes, volcanos, tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis: plan, prepare, prevent and mitigate.
where they were from, has to be noted. I thought Peru and Japan performed admirably, the former, familiar, with the potential horror script, these events can cause.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the two people who died were doing just that sort of thing
Where's your number [3] comment?
@@a..4255 [3] is this: Repeat the lessons from [1] and from [2]. Plan, prepare, prevent, and mitigate. Move/build/rebuild inland and upland. Safety and health first and above all.
@@brentshuffler1234 ooh you sound like my teacher
Surprising that New Zealand's authorities fell short like that.
What do U mean by that lol ?
Don't believe everything you read on Fb..warnings were given within 30 minutes of eruption, these guys were not on the ball..
I pray that all are safe.🙏
[1] There have been many warnings in recent years but people still continue to build on the beachfront and low-lying areas that are prone to hurricanes, to rising sea-levels, to global warming, and to tsunamis. What better warning could anyone in the world want than the one that swept through Indonesia to the Philippines, Malaysia and elsewhere, killing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people? We need to learn from these experiences and move away from coastlines, restore reefs and mangroves, add rocks and concrete armour to coastal communities, put homes, businesses and infrastructure farther inland and upland.
Greed, stupidity and money will never allow such changes...sorry to say :(
More like the big players should be held accountable for climate change. People in those areas have settled there for millennia. Why should they upend their way of life?
@@LaughableSynonyms We can easily empathise with those in indigenous communities that are being disrupted by the pollution, by the imported fast-food diets, and by the excessive garbage, packaging, and fossil-fuel usage inspired by the Western industrial nations. However, even without global warming caused by human activities in the past 40 years, there would be many an example you could find . . . (e.g., hurricanes: Barbados, 1955; earthquakes: Japan, Mexico, California; tsunamis: over 300,000 dead some years ago in Indonesia and surrounding Asian countries; volcanic eruptions [a] in St. Vincent: April, 1979, and again April, 2021; [b] in Montserrat: 1995 to 2010) . . . that can destroy lives, properties, and entire villages if they are too near to the coast or bodies of water. In recent months, even Germany (advanced nation) had deadly flooding in communities that were located along a river . . . with lost lives and massive widespread damage. Every year, Western U.S.A. and British Columbia in Canada are prime examples of frequent, numerous and large-scale wildfires, any of which can cause loss of life/homes/properties if persons are too near to forests.
Philippines: wait, there was supposed to be a tsunami?
Okay for real, it took me until now to realised this, and guess what
Neither warnings nor an effect from the Tonga eruption were recovered in my country, WHATSOEVER
Unfortunately humans aren't too wise
This is getting SCARY and DANGEROUS ...
Seismic activity happens.
Volcanoes have always been dangerous bruv, this ain't new
BOO !!
@@wildone8397
People automatically gender me male on the internet. I'm totally ok with it.
Getting? Seismic activity is not increasing in danger, it just is what it is, and always has been
Pray for Tonga..🙏🙏🙏
This eruption sent a plume 12 miles high, how deep underwater was the volcano and explosion? I'm asking because for an underwater explosion to send smoke/ash 12 miles high it had to be massive.
Only 150-200 metres, so, kind of understandable, maybe? Still, massive eruption.
They said it’s because of the volatile nature of the extreme heat from the lava hitting the cool ocean water. It created a huge explosion instantaneously.
@@SpongesCrib wow
Thank you for the coverage. Had only heard/seen smidgens of coverage after hearing of Tonga volcano and potential tsunami. Thoughts and prayers to those affected for a speedy pain free recovery.
No government warning in New Zealand? Pathetic.
Should know that technology can't even predict correctly lol
Really shows how sudden it was
Thought it would be the governments fault
I also am in NZ, there was a tsunami alert however this came after the threat was over and the damage was done!
Achtung tsunami comiiiiinng
New Zealand is too busy persecuting the unvaxed. Can’t be bothered with tsunami warnings.
Antivaxxer?
@Jay Dee Both
Djokovic called it in
I was at the sunshine coast, fishing with a family friend at night, and then when we got out of the water his wife called saying that there was a tsunami warning, we we're like "Oh.. ok." because we we're pretty suprised. Anyway, while we we're fishing I did think that the tide was moving out unusually fast, but yeah, the next morning when we went to the beach, it was only a quarter of what was there before.. even less.
and then what happened?
Most concerned about the people on Tonga, but no footage yet. Strange! We are so used to most of the World being in touch or in the media. Hope we hear positive news soon.
Tonga is cut off from the world... all cables that run any type of communication, internet, phn etc has been severed by the tsunami.
What’s Tongo?
That woman sounded like she's enjoying it, "it's happening X2" like you ain't gonna cry when that wave knocks on your front door
Wow! No warning, been there in the 90's with a wall of water that hit the CA coast & took a few yr to recover (!) depending upon the damage (along with high surf for an extended period) super scary!
Tonga is a stranger country for us, but I hope there will be fine as soon as possible.
looking at the magnitude of this, I bet there will be very little Tonga left. I hope I'm wrong.
@@quoth_raven Yes probably quite a few people will die.
I live in new Zealand and be went for a walk on the Beach that evening and the waves were higher and people swimming.
It's strange how the wave traveled so far yet the tsunami hasn't been as high as you might expect for a tsunami capable of traveling such huge distances. It don't make sense.
It was n under sea volcano 🌋 not n Earthquake there's a difference
I live in the Caribbean all the way on the Atlantic side and was woken out of my sleep from the earthquake.😳
It wasn't an earthquake - it was a volcano.
The the amount of active valcanos around the world since 2018 is quite alarming
When I first saw the satellite images of the explosion, I was shocked. But the effects are just terrifying.
The tsunami warning in Peru was cancelled by the government and most people didn't know that it wasn't safe to be at the beach or around and that's why there's videos of people from Ica where their business get flooded and so. And also thanks to the lack of info and interest from authorities/people, a ship that was unloading barrels of oil got hit by the tides and caused a huge oil spill, news said it was 6k barrels, and that it will take years to clean :/ it could have been prevented but the org (ministerio del ambiente, environment office) that issues the warnings is managed by a man who doesn't have any knowledge on environmental management and Repsol (the business that managed the shipment) did not take the correct procedures to stop the oil spill/correctly manage the problem and now it's a disaster :( the government is doing nothing, and Repsol sent 15 people to clean a section of beach, and these people were cleaning the oil with dust pans. There's volunteers trying to help but bc of lack of equipment they're not able to do much, it's a complete disaster :((
People need to know now more about tsunami's. The danger is not the size of the wave but the amount of energy they possess. A small tsunami wave has enough energy to throws cars and people are just stood their. They can also carry a lot of items hidden which will do sever damage if it hits you.
Here in New Zealand it was Big news when it happened, since then there has been no talk about it! I guess Private Company's will be cashing in on it.
yeah, Luckily I didn't live at the top of the country, otherwise I would've had a hard time like the rest of the aucklanders.
My heart goes out to the people affected by the eruption and tsunamis❤
Prayers up!
We ❤ u tonga
Wanda Król straszny widok tego żywiołu natura to potężna siła smutno patrzeć na takie tragedie. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🕊🌏
there was another eruption 3xas big japan just reported same area
Yea, im in New Zealand waiting for official warning but nothing yet. im also in the skinniest part... 1km from coast to coast.
@@JGold-cu5mo well the comms r down so there prob is one right now
@@JGold-cu5mo Don't expect anything any time soon, here's an idea, just yell out Omicron is in the community and then maybe you'll get an immediate response from the authorities.
Wait, there's another eruption that happened now?
@@JGold-cu5mo
Fai pregare tutti insieme 🙏🙏🌹🤗
Just how far away is Tonga?! Wow! Satellite video of that Massive Tonga Volcano Eruption in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean was One of the Biggest Explosion ever recorded from planet Earth 🌍 so far by the ISS! Dooms Day seems to be getting Closer by the Month! 🙏🕯
Lots of once-in-a-thousand-years events going on now
*A literal tsunami taking place*
This guy 0:25 : Aight imma just get my chair
Praying for all who are in this nightmare!
Looked like a normal wave got a free heavy shower, That's the real force of nature.
Imagine that happening not in a totally isolated ocean with only some islands actually being close and being close to europe or north and South America
2 things that scare me to the death
1-Volcanos
2-Earthquakes
3. Forest fires
4. Tornadoes
Mother Nature is a badass, no stronger force on Earth than the Earth itself.
Climate change!!
I witnessed percussion clouds from Kauai west shore.
was it like a cymbal or a crash?
At 2 in the AM Saturday? Because that is when the first surge wave from the tsunami came in 30 feet onshore and literally wiped out some families camping at South Point here on Hawai’i island. 10 pm news said there was no concern and that buoys near Tonga didn’t pick up a tsunami.
@@hawaiijiujitsu if there is an event like this and I'm near the shore, I'm going inland no matter what!
What about it? Why media is only talking about it and not about the wars, child killing in the world. How this low scale event got so much hieghlight than it was in japan, Indonesia.
First time I’ve ever heard the metaphor “a force of nature” used to describe the forces of nature.
I live in Belgium and i didn't notice anything lol. Allthough it hits home in some way because i used to live on Tenerife for a while. It is a paradise with nice weather, nice people, layed back culture etc. The thing is, it is sitting on a massive supervolcano that is active and overdue for an eruption. It will explode sooner or later within my lifetime. It saddens me to know all those people i met there will die horribly one day. When that supervolcano explodes i'll be safe and sound back in Belgium but the Canary islands however will be completly obliterated and have tsunami's hitting Africa, Spain, Ireland, UK and even send massive destructive tsunami's on New York.
I think I’ve been living under a rock, why did I just discovered this? I didn’t see anything on my social media
I love the guy in San Francisco who got hit directly with the wave and then started walking again like nothing happened
I hope Tongans are okay and stay safe... Volcano eruption triggering a Tsunami will definitely be catastrophic... Nature can be powerful when i wants to be.
It just erupted again…our core is doing some weird things….
not bad but it changed the air pressure in the UK. crazy what the earth can do
“We are surviving the tsunami out here”
Wow, a little water on your front porch. Show that to Japan.
Right? Worst those people got were some wet clothes and cell phones in rice.
yeah, if the volcano was only a couple hundred metres underwater it’d be looking like Japan in 2011
It was a non event in north San Diego county. All due to San nic and San Clemente islands.
what a great start to 2022
Much love from fiji🇫🇯❤️
When you get a tsunami warning yet you didn’t get anything:
I was in my room with a white noise generator. I didn't hear a thing from Pennsylvania lol
Awesome how nature has the power over life and extinction 👍
NOT true, we in NZ got warnings of a tidal surge within 30 minutes of the eruption, I heard the BOOM BOOM and came inside, Radio NZ made a mistake and said a Tsunami wave was expected but quickly changed that to a " Tidal surge, warning all to stay away from the coast. Northland Civil Defense put a warning on Fb at 7.30 PM . MANY HOURS BEFORE THE SURGE ARRIVED..a few seem to have missed it..I moved my boat to higher ground, only a small one so easy to do so..NZ sirens and Tsunami warning system was not used because no Tsunami wave formed to send people to higher ground..Tutukaka marina is known as the worst place to be if surges or Tsunami waves arrive..been wrecked before in the last one..
1:23 Francisco had it bigger, like a big splash, while los Angelou’s had bigger waves, but was unaffected, even the beachcombers and homeless camping on the coastal bushes or at the pier, and undenied parties by hipsters and teens, or unless living in the bushes on other side of coast highway higher up the cliffs, or inner Malibu,etc
Humanity is at code red you ain't seen nothing yet . 🌎
Yes you're right... people have no idea. The mayans were right but the dates weren't translated properly. 12/21/2025 will be our time.
@@illumin8everything817 Except it won't.
@@normhiscock352 hopefully you're right
@@illumin8everything817 If the Mayans were right then accept that they used a cyclical calendar and never said the world was going to end.
The Indian Ocean and Fukushima incidents were devastating but they made people aware about tsunami and I wish everywhere people will be save because of this awareness as they now know what's the causes, signs, and survival methods
the last word...its incredible...
2022: Happens.
Me: Why do I hear Boss music?
Nature is terrifyingly fascinating
Nature showing its anger for what we have done. Its time to reduce selfishness and protect everything around.
Wrong.
Wow 😯
How valconos are formed ?
Here in Tuvalu we haven't experienced any tsunami waves
@Ptao Tom we lived by the sea for so many years....we learnt how to survived and used it as our home...
Mother nature sometimes reminds her children that the family must have principles. Condolences to the unfortunate
That laid back, "surfs up y'all" attitude that that San Francisco woman had just "ERKS" me.
Why? She's not in any real danger. The US warnings were quite clear that it wasn't a serious threat. I'm sure it was a thrilling experience. Life is already hard enough to make everything out to be the end of the world.
me too, considering she was so lucky while Tonga got pretty much completely covered in water. all those people without homes and those who've fallen victim... it was very ignorant.
@@broadwaybaby3935 what yah want her to do cry?
@@broadwaybaby3935 Making light of your own situation doesn’t mean you aren’t genuinely concerned for someone else’s.
@@mastahfrederique1147 true, perhaps she was kind of shocked about seeing that too. you never see waves like that in the bay. scary area there too though since they're very earthquake-prone and lying between 2 tectonic plates.
" Around the world " in this case means on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. I might have thought the " world " was even bigger than this.Still waiting for reports from the Faroe Islands and from Senegal though.
🤣🤣🤣
It was on Page 3 of the Faroe Daily News and on the "News from Around the World" section of the Les News des Senegal. Didn't you check pre-commenting?..:-)
Can this affect the whole world? Like over the years, can the ash and smoke affect our atmosphere? Alsoz the volcano is still active so it may be possible that it erupts again with a bigger wave.
Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 famously dropped Earth's average global temperature by half a degree for a couple of years. The chief way volcanoes do this is by injecting vast quantities of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. SO2 combines with water to make a haze of tiny droplets, or aerosols, that reflect incoming solar radiation.
The satellites data from this eruption shows that it there is 400,000 tonnes of SO2 injected into the atmosphere, but 0.4 teragrams is actually not enough to cause significant cooling effects.
New zealender was given no warning ?.
This make me mad.
Mother Earth letting us know she's in charge
This Literally happened the day a cyclone hit the Northern Territory or around the time of it coming so the waves where already big, I didn’t even know that a volcano erupted until the 17th of January when my dad told me about ash form the volcano in the sky
This is just a tiny splash compared to the tsunami that is about to hit the west coast soon when the cascadia quake occurs. You can expect to see a wave 100 feet high or higher. Will an early warning system and emergency plan help the coastal residents escape that?
This is becoming increasingly TERRIFYING and DANGEROUS...
Pisco is in the southern part of Peru, not the northern part.
1:35 I don't know why ...but for some reason this ....Smooth Waves of Vibration
Looks so dangerous to me than a high tide ...during such times
Matthew 24 contains all the answers. Hear what the Lord says about these things..
Here's me hoping my country doesn't get hit by the tsunami
So only Japan was perfectly prepared and reacted??!
The US also immediately sent out warnings, but the danger was so minimal that it was mostly just closing beaches.
@@mastahfrederique1147 I was surprised by a joking attitude by some coastal residents.
Probably because they were in no real danger.
Chile too
No tsunami warnings in new Zealand?
Seems like New Zealand is enjoying their spotlight while this is going viral!