7 Places That Could Vanish And the People Who Refuse to Leave
They Stayed
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22 million people live in Mexico City, built on a drained lake that's still swallowing it. A monument built with nine steps now has more than twenty — a nearby palace has sunk nearly four meters since 1904. This is one of seven places on Earth where the ground itself is moving: some sink, some slide, some disappear underwater completely.
From Nepal's terraced mountain slopes to Hong Kong's hillside towers, from Freetown's eroding hills to Bangladesh's vanishing river islands, from New Orleans sitting below sea level to Venice fighting the tide with a multi-billion-euro flood barrier — these are the places where the ground won't hold still, and millions of people stay anyway.
This is the story of why they stay.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Mexico City, Mexico
4:31 Nepal, Himalaya
10:15 Hong Kong, China
15:42 Freetown, Sierra Leone
18:47 Bangladesh, Jamuna River
23:02 New Orleans, USA
27:36 Venice, Italy
Which of these seven places would you be most afraid to live in? Tell us in the comments.
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CREDITS
CC BY (attribution required):
Sierra Leone landslide aftermath, Regent, 2017 (wide) — Mark Stedman / Trócaire — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
Sierra Leone landslide aftermath, Regent, 2017 (close) — Mark Stedman / Trócaire — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
Acqua alta flooding, Venice, 12 November 2019 — Ministero dell'Interno / Vigili del Fuoco — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ac...
Public domain:
Hurricane Katrina rescue, New Orleans, Sept 2005 — U.S. Navy / Jay C. Pugh — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05...
Flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans — Jocelyn Augustino / FEMA — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FE...
Acqua alta flooding, Venice, 4 November 1966 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ve...
Additional footage: Pexels and Pixabay (free licenses).
Music: Epidemic Sound
#SinkingCities #MexicoCity #Documentary
7 Places That Could Vanish And the People Who Refuse to Leave
They Stayed
55 views
22 million people live in Mexico City, built on a drained lake that's still swallowing it. A monument built with nine steps now has more than twenty — a nearby palace has sunk nearly four meters since 1904. This is one of seven places on Earth where the ground itself is moving: some sink, some slide, some disappear underwater completely.
From Nepal's terraced mountain slopes to Hong Kong's hillside towers, from Freetown's eroding hills to Bangladesh's vanishing river islands, from New Orleans sitting below sea level to Venice fighting the tide with a multi-billion-euro flood barrier — these are the places where the ground won't hold still, and millions of people stay anyway.
This is the story of why they stay.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Mexico City, Mexico
4:31 Nepal, Himalaya
10:15 Hong Kong, China
15:42 Freetown, Sierra Leone
18:47 Bangladesh, Jamuna River
23:02 New Orleans, USA
27:36 Venice, Italy
Which of these seven places would you be most afraid to live in? Tell us in the comments.
Watch next: The Volcano That Will Erupt Again — And the City Below It
The Volcano That Will Erupt Again — And th...
CREDITS
CC BY (attribution required):
Sierra Leone landslide aftermath, Regent, 2017 (wide) — Mark Stedman / Trócaire — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
Sierra Leone landslide aftermath, Regent, 2017 (close) — Mark Stedman / Trócaire — CC BY 2.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
Acqua alta flooding, Venice, 12 November 2019 — Ministero dell'Interno / Vigili del Fuoco — CC BY 3.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ac...
Public domain:
Hurricane Katrina rescue, New Orleans, Sept 2005 — U.S. Navy / Jay C. Pugh — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05...
Flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans — Jocelyn Augustino / FEMA — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FE...
Acqua alta flooding, Venice, 4 November 1966 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ve...
Additional footage: Pexels and Pixabay (free licenses).
Music: Epidemic Sound
#SinkingCities #MexicoCity #Documentary