The Ongoing Suffering of Chernobyl’s Survivors

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    The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 represents the world’s worst nuclear accident. The initial explosion killed two employees and exposed 28 workers to lethal doses of radiation. An additional 106 people were hospitalized for several months with acute radiation sickness. During the long clean-up process, a further 750,000 workers, known as ‘liquidators’, were also […]

Human Planet: How People Survive in Extreme Conditions

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  Since the dawn of mankind, people have had to learn how to survive in conditions that were difficult, at best, and which could often be deadly. Early humans worked out how to make fire, enabling them to survive in cold and inhospitable lands. Others had to deal with scorching heat, living in equally hostile […]

Las Nieves: The Spanish Campground Struck By a Devastating Flood

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Just before 7pm, on August 7, 1996, everything seemed normal at the Las Nieves campground in Biescas, a village in the Spanish Pyrenees. Campers were huddled in their tents and caravans waiting for the summer storm to subside. Yet, within ten minutes, all hell had broken loose. The ravine had turned into a raging torrent […]

Beijing’s Secret Underground City

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Tunnels stretch for miles on end – stark lighting just about illuminating the gloom – while mementos of a time when the threat of nuclear war loomed large can still be seen, albeit covered in mold. Incredible to think that these labyrinthine passageways were designed for the safekeeping of an entire city; indeed they comprise […]