Horas Críticas

Volcanoes are one of the most destructive and spectacular natural forces on the planet. It is estimated that there are more than 4,000 volcanoes on Earth and each year around 50 of them are active above sea level and erupt, spewing millions of tons of dust, ash and gases into the atmosphere, and endangering the environment. lives of millions of people.

Earthquakes have always been with us but it has been in the last 50 years that their devastating impact has been recorded so clearly, not only in photographs but in moving images. First, we were able to see them thanks to television and, in the last 20 years, through the Internet.

In this episode we put ourselves in the shoes of all those who have suffered an epidemic because it is something from which no one is safe, no matter where we live. And what can we say about the pandemic, which affects us all globally. Earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, volcanoes and all cataclysms that threaten human life are, without a doubt, terrifying.

When there is wind, we can run to protect ourselves from it but there is nothing to do when the wind becomes wild. Hurricanes, cyclones, wind storms, tornadoes and typhoons. Different names for the same natural phenomenon? We'll see.

In this installment we turn up the thermostat to examine a natural phenomenon that is, at the same time, friend and enemy of humanity: fire. About four hundred thousand years ago, even earlier, our ancestors learned to make fire and control it so that it did not go out. A vital step for the development of the human being.

In this installment, we batten down the hatches and race toward dry land, all the while taking a look at the damage that water can cause. The European Union Flood Directive defines flooding as a "temporary flooding of land that is not normally covered by water.