Thursday, May 5, 2016

Dramatic Footage From The Fort McMurray Disaster



CTV News: Fort McMurray in flames: The most dramatic footage from the disaster zone

Fort McMurray residents fleeing a ferocious wildfire are sharing jaw-dropping footage of their escapes through what resembled apocalypse-like conditions.

More than 80,000 people have fled the municipality on a mandatory evacuation order that was expanded late Wednesday night.

Residents travelling on the main highway out of the city captured footage of towering trees being devoured by flames, while burning debris fell onto the roadway.

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Update: 11 jaw-dropping videos from the Fort McMurray wildfire (CBC)

WNU Editor: Wow .... looking at the above video .... I just cannot imagine what would be in my mind while watching such a disaster unfold. Here are some incredible pictures of this disaster .... Incredible aerial shots show the sheer scale of Alberta wildfire set to become costliest Canadian natural disaster ever with $1.6BILLION-worth of damage (Daily Mail).

2 comments:

Caecus said...

at 1:30 a deer runs in front of the white van and towards the fire

Anonymous said...

My late father who was born in the 20's and was an adolescent in the 40's, witnessing the destruction of Eastern Europe during WW2, use to always say that war is not needed after an event like that in Alberta. Truly unbelievable and so intense is the destruction. How right he was basing his assessment of man vs Mother Nature.