Cruise ships during a severe storm. Disasters on cruise ships during storms
The ship was caught in a bomb cyclone that was raging near the United States.
A video filmed on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship has appeared online. hit a "cyclone bomb". Until recently, the disaster raged in the United States and did a lot of damage.
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 the three days of travel were not the easiest.
The video was compiled from fragments filmed by passengers. It clearly shows how the giant ship sways on huge waves. People say there was water everywhere. It flooded the decks, which made it impossible to move freely. It dripped from the ceilings and seeped through closed doors.
The liner staff 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, in early January The east coast of North America suffered due to Storm Grayson, which was called the “bomb cyclone”. Extreme weather has caused dozens of deaths. In several coastal states, winds created a high tidal wave that flooded streets. A number of airports, in particular, the airport named after. Kennedy in New York had to close. And about 100 million Americans suffered from unprecedented frosts for the first time in decades.
Modern cruise ships provide almost everything for an expensive elite holiday– restaurants, bars, swimming pools, gyms, tennis courts. The exquisite 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 boss of the world. And often such reminders are very unpleasant and even dangerous for passengers. Modern pleasure boats are designed to withstand strong 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 video of events occurring on cruise ships during storms. And, judging by the videos, for many observers the storm is not a natural disaster, but fun entertainment. But that is until the raging sea breaks into the interior of the ship, where the people are located.
Below are seven shocking cruise ship videos.
1. Crazy racing
This video was filmed on surveillance camera in 2010, 400 km from New Zealand during a severe storm. The cruise ship found itself in the very center of a raging disaster. Some add funny music to this video and present what is happening as something comical, although there is clearly nothing funny in what is happening. As a result of the storm, dozens of people were injured, some seriously, and a lot of loose furniture and belongings were broken or destroyed. After this incident, the cruise company, in order to save its tarnished reputation, introduced 25 percent discounts on future cruises for all passengers on this tour.
2. Cruel Sea
This video was filmed on some unidentified ship. Here the furniture is literally shattered into pieces as a result of the ship's strong roll. Tables along with vacationers are demolished and smashed against walls and other furniture. This is especially clear at 1:43. In the middle of the surveillance camera footage, you can see how one of the women, despite serious danger, stands in the middle of the room and tries to film the raging chaos.
3. Deadly waves
One of the creepiest videos. A passenger managed to remove it while huge waves were crashing overboard. This disaster occurred with a Greek cruise ship in 2010. The video shows how a huge wave breaks through the glass wall of the liner and quickly rushes onto the ship. People desperately fought for their lives, but, unfortunately, 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. Footage from cruise ship or a new film from James Cameron? Part I
This video was posted by one of their insurance companies, which provides life and health insurance for those traveling to sea cruises. The incident occurred in 2011 during a storm. The video shows how a giant wave breaks through a glass wall in one of the utility rooms.
5. Footage from a cruise ship or a new film from James Cameron? Part II
The next video concerns the same incident. Here events take on a more dramatic character. Water enters the playground through a hole, and this causes a short circuit in the TV. A fire breaks out. Fortunately, the staff reacted in time and prevented the fire from spreading. But the extinguishing operation itself was very risky. After all, the employee fighting the fire stood in the water while the TV was burning due to a short circuit.
6. Passengers have a pleasant time on the ship during a severe storm
One of the passengers on the liner filmed a severe storm outside the ship. The onslaught of the waves was so strong that it seemed that the observation windows would not withstand it. It is worth saying that the British Queen Elizabeth was caught in this storm on her way to New York. Fortunately, no one was hurt, the ship survived, and the passengers seemed more cheerful than scared.
7. Cruise entertainment
In this video, passengers recorded huge waves crashing against the upper decks of the ship. At the same time, people stand behind a transparent barrier, and for them this 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 stop them from continuing the show.
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The ocean is a rather turbulent and sometimes simply wild element for humans, which is capable of destroying anything in its path. And it is the ocean that can spoil the romantic idea of such a popular form of rich vacation as a cruise on a liner across hundreds and thousands of kilometers. This is what happened the other day with 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 human technology is in the face of the raging elements was demonstrated in shocking video taken from a ship during the complete chaos of 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 were unable to clearly predict weather on the route of a cruise ship, as under the influence of global anthropogenic warming, the climate of the oceans is becoming increasingly unpredictable for weather services. The video, which shocked many and proved people's true fear of nature, was published some time later, after the passengers who filmed it were rescued and brought to land.
The video clearly shows how a multi-ton steel ship creaks, sways and uncontrollably collapses during interior due to strong wind. Most of all, viewers of the video were struck by the constant crackle of breaking glass, furniture flying unsafely 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, filmed by one of the passengers on the Escape during the chaos, many people were shocked by how terrible it really was to be on the ship during more tragic disasters, such as the infamous Titanic. According to American rescuers, during the storm the ship suffered only internal damage, and no deaths were found among passengers or crew, which is incredible luck with wind gusts of 100 knots. Only a few from this ill-fated liner required hospitalization for minor injuries upon returning to port.
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