Terrifying footage emerges that shows vehicles caught in Taroko Gorge during quake｜Taiwan News

More striking footage has emerged of last week’s 7.2 earthquake in Hualien. Some of the more astonishing videos are dash cam footage of vehicles traveling along mountain passes near the epicenter. The images show how debris starts pouring down from the sides, accompanied by the terrifying sounds of rocks crashing down. There’s also footage captured from a plane, showing the mountains down below submersed in clouds of dirt.
Streams of rocks fall onto the road. The driver backs up, scared witless. The windscreen is shattered to pieces.
A thick cloud of dirt blocks the view in every direction as boulders keep crashing down. It’s the fright of a lifetime. Similar scenes took place along other roads.
This other vehicle was near the Tunnel of Nine Turns on the Cross-Island Highway when the earthquake struck. The alarm goes off on a phone and a rock falls with a loud thud on the car. Luckily the driver pulled over to a ledge, watching in horror as disaster unfolds.
A cascade of rocks and tree branches plunges from the sides. Within 10 seconds, nothing more can be seen as dirt pours in.
After a while, the windscreen is completely covered in a thick layer of debris. The effects of the earthquake weren’t just seen from the ground.
From up in the clouds, a passenger on a flight from Songshan Airport to Taitung captured the scenes of destruction on the mountains. From high in the sky it’s hard to tell whether its clouds of fog or dirt.
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[@M_SC]

Yes that was terrifying

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

That guy really lucked out to be passing through that tunnel at that moment. 😨

[@xxxy9928]

all luck of the day was used :D

[@georgevavoulis4758]

It so terrifying looked as those they would be burried alive in the car .

[@88997799]

It takes a lot of energy energy to lift and shake those mountains

[@josephastier7421]

Reached that shelter just in time.

[@InTheGarden1960]

Windows are called windshield, not wind screens.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Different country, buddy. Some countries say Sidewalk, some say Footpath. Some say Trunk, some say Boot. Some say Hood, some say Bonnet.

[@badeugenecops4741]

Scared witless? Close, you just misspelled it.

[@Nashvillain10SE]

💩less

[@zAlaska]

It was shocking to see tilted buildings after the earthquake. That doesn't happen in China as the buildings crumble into dust. What is the secret that makes the difference between buildings at tip over and buildings that crumble?

[@canyoucatchme138]

Building quality. At least tilted, you might survive.

[@zAlaska]

Yes, but it's much deeper than that.
The culture, of a democratic State versus the CCP. Bribery, subcontracting to subcontractors with payoffs along the way versus just honest Construction.

[@johnowens4205]

😳WOW ! Holy $hit !

[@just4therecord]

Even AI looks more human than these two

[@cooliipie]

👥

[@Redmi-xu1yo]

Jackson pot 🍲

[@yousifatobiya7279]

The occurrence of stoms,rains,ice, and floods at times and in unexpected places,confirms my theory the end of the (dynamic horizontal movement )which needs to balance and it sill under control to balance...
But about earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, sinkholes, tsunami, dry lakes and rivers, flow of water from the mountains and hills,explodeand of eyes water from the ground, formation of new mountains or islands, collaps of mountains ,and cracks on ground,& ,& ,&,they are out of control or balance...
Note :The earth will become like Venus...
Yousif A Tobiya

[@bhsdhmu]

lolol scared witless

[@IvanPetrovicIVANGELISTA]

Repent, Jesus is coming back

[@yousifatobiya7279]

Thousands of scientific letters were sent to all parts of the world, warning them to stop the melting of the ice caps at the poles and the Himalayas, to reduce earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and terrestrial eclipses, and and and...
Yousif A Tobiya

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

How could the melting ice caps possibly influence earthquakes?

[@yousifatobiya7279]

​@@drewlovelyhell4892You can imagine the Earth without water, as water balances the shape of the Earth, its rotation around itself, and around the sun. Tides are considered a safety valve for the Earth and its rotation.
As the water melts, the Earth slows down its rotation.
Water has increased due to the melting of the ice caps in the poles and the Himalayas, and thus, the rotational force also increases...
Now: The length of the year now is [365 1/4 +_(2 minutes)]...
These studies were completed and sent on July 26, 2000...
Yousif Ayoub Tobiya