Storm you say?

The most severe storm in the history of the US Navy struck on December 17 and 18, 1944, behind the island of Luzon in the Philippines, the Bull fleet, led by Admiral Halsey. Drowned 790 people, 3 ships and 156 aircraft. In addition, 28 ships became unusable.

During World War II, a US Navy weather forecast station operating in pacific ocean, located in Honolulu. The station had efficient and perfect instruments for that time. But even she was not able to map the progress of the monstrous typhoon with a front of 480 kilometers, which on December 16, 1944 hit the 3rd Fleet of Admiral Halsey, located behind the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

Thus, the worst natural disaster in the history of the US Navy hit the 3rd Fleet suddenly. 790 sailors were killed, 3 ships and 156 aircraft were lost. Another 28 ships were out of action.

The third fleet was returning after assisting the troops of General Douglas MacArthur, who were carrying out a landing operation on the island of Luzon. The fleet was now refueling east of the Philippines. The wind speed of the typhoon that hit on December 17 reached 240 kilometers per hour, and the waves rose 30 meters in relation to the level of depressions between the waves.

By this time, the fleet was already battered by the war. Many ships were in constant combat during the three years since Pearl Harbor. As a result, continuous 24-hour wave impacts and incredibly strong winds sent some ships to the bottom, while the rest were torn off equipment, armor, rivets. 156 aircraft were torn from their mountings on the decks of aircraft carriers.

At the beginning of the storm, the flagship tried to maintain control of the fleet, but the power of the elements turned out to be so great that control was soon lost. The fleet scattered, and each ship fought for its own survival.

The destroyer "Monohan", with a displacement of 1500 tons, a veteran of 12 naval battles, capsized under the blows of giant waves. He went to the bottom along with 256 officers and personnel. Only 6 people survived.

The destroyer Hull of the same type as the Monohon also rolled over on its side. Waves and wind drove him from one place to another until he sank.

The Spence, displacing 2,000 tons, capsized when a 30-meter wave tossed it into a seemingly bottomless trough between the waves. The officer and 70 sailors rushed into the water. Although the wind ripped off some life jackets, everyone managed to survive.

The size of the losses forced the command of the US Navy to install another weather station on the island of Guam, which monitored the weather in this part of the Pacific Ocean.

P.S. By the way. Somewhere in the same region was an English squadron. After the storm, the American admiral sent a message to the English admiral "How did you endure the storm?" To which he replied: "Storm? What storm?" Like, nailed the Americans. Maybe this is a bike, but I met this story a couple of times on the Internet

The ship was hit by a cyclone bomb that raged near the United States.

A video appeared on the Web, filmed on the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway, which hit by a cyclone bomb. Until recently, the elements raged in the United States and did a lot of harm.

As noted, the ship was heading from New York to the Bahamas across the Atlantic Ocean. There were more than four thousand passengers on board, for whom three days of travel were not the easiest.

The video was edited from fragments filmed by passengers. It clearly shows how a giant ship sways on huge waves. People say that water was everywhere. She flooded the decks, on which it was impossible to move freely. It dripped from ceilings and seeped through closed doors.

The ship's personnel tried their best to get rid of the water. Everything was covered with extra blankets, towels and even bathrobes, but it still didn't help.

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As previously reported, at the beginning of January east coast of North America hit by Storm Grayson, which was called the "cyclone bomb". Extreme weather has caused dozens of deaths. In several coastal states, the wind raised a high tidal wave that flooded the streets. A number of airports, in particular, the airport. Kennedy in New York had to close. And about 100 million Americans suffered from unprecedented frosts for the first time in decades.

On modern cruise ships almost everything is provided for the expensive elite vacation– restaurants, bars, swimming pools, gyms, tennis courts. The refined interior of the cabins is literally replete with luxury. Resting in such conditions, people often forget that they are in open ocean, and their lives are in much greater danger than in a typical five-star hotel on land.

Sometimes nature reminds a person who is the master in the world. And often such reminders are very unpleasant and even dangerous for passengers. Modern pleasure craft are designed to withstand severe storms. Although, despite increased security measures, even they are sometimes unable to withstand the onslaught of the elements. Occasionally, crew members, passengers, or surveillance cameras are able to capture on video the events taking place on cruise ships during a storm. And judging by the videos, for many observers, the storm is not a natural disaster, but a fun entertainment. But this is until the raging sea breaks into the interior of the ship, where people are located.

Below are seven shocking clips from cruise ships.

1. Frantic racing

This video was filmed on a surveillance camera in 2010, 400 km from New Zealand during a severe storm. The cruise ship found itself in the very center of the raging elements. Some people add funny music to this video and present what is happening as something comical, although there is clearly nothing funny about what is happening. As a result of the storm, dozens of people were injured, including serious ones, and a lot of loose furniture and things were broken or destroyed. cruise company after this incident, in order to save the shattered reputation, introduced a 25 percent discount on the following cruises for all passengers on this tour.

2. Cruel Sea

This video was filmed on some unidentified ship. Here, as a result of the strongest roll of the ship, the furniture literally shatters into pieces. Tables along with vacationers are demolished and broken against walls and other furniture. This is especially evident at 1:43. In the middle of the surveillance camera recording, you can see how one of the women, despite the serious danger, stands in the middle of the room and tries to remove the raging chaos.

3. Deadly waves

One of the scariest videos ever. The passenger managed to take it off at a time when huge waves were beating overboard. This disaster happened to a Greek cruise ship in 2010. The video shows how a huge wave breaks through the glass wall of the liner and rapidly breaks into the ship. People desperately fought for their lives, but, unfortunately, the victims could not be avoided. During the storm, 2 people died and more than ten were injured. The tragic moment of the disaster is clearly visible at 26 seconds of the recording.

4. Cruise ship footage or a new movie from James Cameron? Part I

This video was posted by one of the insurance companies that provides life and health insurance for those who go to sea ​​cruises. The incident happened in 2011 during a storm. The video shows how a giant wave breaks through a glass wall in one of the utility rooms.

5. Cruise ship footage or a new movie from James Cameron? Part II

The next video is about the same incident. This is where things get more dramatic. Water through the hole penetrates the playground, and this causes a short circuit of the TV. There is a fire. Fortunately, the staff reacted in time, and did not allow the fire to spread. But the extinguishing operation itself was very risky. After all, the employee who fought the fire was standing in the water while the TV was on fire due to a short circuit.

6. Passengers have a good time on the ship during a severe storm

One of the passengers of the liner filmed the strongest storm overboard the ship. The onslaught of the waves was so strong that it seemed that the observation windows could not stand it. It is worth saying that the British Queen Elizabeth got into this storm on her way to New York. Fortunately, no one was hurt, the ship survived, and the passengers seem more cheerful than frightened.

7. Cruise entertainment

In this video, passengers recorded how huge waves hit the upper decks of the ship. At the same time, people stand behind a transparent barrier, and for them it is rather entertainment. In addition, the authors of the video claim that they shot the video by accident during a karaoke show. According to them, the storm did not prevent them from continuing the show further.

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The ocean is a rather restless and sometimes simply wild element for a person, which is capable of destroying anything in its path. And it is the ocean that can spoil the romantic idea of ​​​​such popular form a rich vacation, like a cruise on a liner through hundreds and thousands of kilometers. This is what happened the other day to the Norwegian cruise ship Escape, which was caught in a severe storm in open waters. Atlantic Ocean. Evidence of how defenseless even the most powerful technology of people in the face of the raging elements was demonstrated in a shocking video filmed from a ship during the complete chaos from the storm.

The incident itself happened to the Escape ship on March 3, 2019, a few hours after sailing from the port of New York. Forecasters could not clearly predict the weather conditions on the way of the cruise liner, as under the influence of global anthropogenic warming, the climate of the oceans is becoming more and more unpredictable for meteorological services. The video, which shocked many and proved all the true fear of people for nature, was published some time later, after rescuing the passengers who filmed it and bringing them to land.

The video clearly shows how the multi-ton steel ship creaks, wobbles and collapses uncontrollably in the interior due to high winds. Most of all, viewers of the video were struck by the constant crackling of breaking glass, unsafely flying furniture in the inner deck, as well as the screams of injured people during the storm, making the picture of the incident incredibly creepy.

In just 40 seconds, captured by a passenger on the Escape in a moment of complete chaos, many people were shocked at how terrible it really is to be on a ship during more tragic disasters, like the infamous Titanic. According to American rescuers, during the storm, the ship suffered only inside, and no dead were found among the passengers and crew, which is incredible luck with wind gusts of 100 knots. Only a few from this ill-fated liner required hospitalization due to minor injuries upon returning to port.

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