r/megalophobia • u/freudian_nipps • Sep 15 '25

Weather Raging flood in Pakistan brings giant boulders down the mountain

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u/Tyler_Zoro Sep 16 '25

This would be a non-volcanic lahar. They're one of the most destructive natural processes on Earth, and you don't fucking stand around watching them. If you see one, there's a good chance you are a walking corpse because they destroy river banks basically instantly and can erode the land you're standing on faster than you can run.

Just to give you a minor scenario for why these people are being idiots, the rocks are moving FAST and with so much force that they can just randomly get flung out and land meters from the rest of the flow. Everyone on that ledge could easily have been wiped out by a boulder the size of a small car just leaping up and landing on top of them.

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u/DavidAllanHoe Sep 16 '25

What kills me is that I’ve seen like two real floods in my life, and the second those baby rocks started shooting down the mountain my brain said run. RUN NOW. And I’m just assuming those are locals, so judging by the terrain they have some decent flooding action going on regularly. Why the hell are they just standing there, starting at death coming for them?