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FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN
The world will never forget the devastating tsunami of 2011. What it was even more terrible is the fact the tsunami triggered problems in the Fukushima nuclear plant. The radiation released from the melted cores contaminated the wide area around the plant and forced over half a million people to evacuate. The radiation problems from the WW 2 are still present today. Just imagine how long it will take for the radiation of Fukushima to wear off!
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CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE
A sudden power surge in 1986 resulted in an explosion that almost completely destroyed the reactor. A series of fire only contributed the radiation releases. Chernobyl is the greatest disaster of humankind that left the whole area uninhabited forever. Today, this is a ghost town where even plants can’t function normally. Is this what you want in the future, people? God forbid another Chernobyl happens. There’s only so much of Earth left to live like a normal human being.
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WITTENOOM, AUSTRALIA
Wittenoom was once a mining and pastoral town in Australia where 500 locals worked and lived. Today, it’s deserted. The asbestos mining took a toll on the health of the people living there. The town wasn’t officially shut down until 1978. That leaves us wondering why it took so long? The people’s lives were in danger and the government did nothing! There you go: now you have another destroyed place on Earth.
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ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, FRANCE
The afternoon of June 10th, 1944 will always be remembered in France as one of the worst massacres of French people during World War 2. The town of Oradour-Sur-Glane was completely wiped out for its supposed support of the French Resistance. Only a handful of people managed to get away pretending to be dead. Today, this ghost town is a monument that will always remind of Nazi’s cruelty.