Chapter 569: Hundred Meter Storm Surge
Langton is a city by the sea.
Although it is difficult to feel this when living in Langton City, the lower reaches of the river that passes through the city is the mouth of the sea. If you follow the river all the way down, you can indeed drive the boat to Go to the sea.
In fact, the city of Langton was so prosperous in the past that the founding monarch chose this place as his capital when Victoria was founded. This was largely because of the convenient river access here. of maritime trade with other countries of the Old World.
The former city of Langton was also one of the cities with the most developed shipbuilding industry in Victoria. It was only later that with the development of Victoria, the Royal Dockyard was established in Pussy City, and Langton's shipbuilding industry was gradually declined.
To this day, the estuary of Langton is basically unrecognizable from what it once was. Both sides are solid embankments and full of houses.
If you hadn't seen the sea when you came to the embankment, perhaps no one would have thought that Longton was really a city by the sea.
Perhaps only from the air can we see what this place once looked like from the shape of the river and coastline.
As for the people living in Langton City? They may have long ago not felt that this city is still close to the sea, especially after the construction of the tidal embankment at the entrance of the sea. The rise and fall of the tide does not even affect the water level of the river, making people even less aware of this. It is a city by the sea.
But as the white star hangs in the sky, the coldness envelopes the earth and ocean with the appearance of the white star, and the white wind mixed with snowflakes blows across the earth, people finally feel again that this city is really close to the sea. of.
Because a wave that is at least nearly a hundred meters high is sweeping towards Langton City.
“Damn it, I actually forgot this!” Looking at the tsunami coming from the road in front of him, Purficott suddenly realized that he had forgotten something important.
Reducing sea water temperature will destroy the ocean currents in the ocean and disrupt the global atmospheric circulation, thus causing a series of associated climate changes. The most serious and most likely to occur is tropical cyclones.
Because the warm currents in ocean currents transport hot water from near the equator to high latitudes, lowering the seawater temperature in the equatorial areas.
If the seawater in the equatorial region cannot flow to high latitudes, heat will accumulate and the seawater temperature will rise.
The increase in seawater temperature will also heat the air on the sea surface, causing the air pressure in local areas to change.
As a large amount of air rises, the ground air pressure decreases, and the peripheral air continues to flow into the rising zone. Coupled with the influence of the planet's rotation, the inflowing air begins to rotate.
After the rising air cools, the water vapor in it condenses and releases heat, which further promotes the rise of low-level air, forming a stronger rotating airflow, and eventually develops into a tropical cyclone.
The more heat released by the sea water, the larger the tropical cyclone will be and the more powerful it will be.
When a tropical cyclone gradually upgrades and develops into a typhoon or a more powerful super typhoon, the strong winds and sudden changes in air pressure it brings will cause abnormal rise and fall of sea water, which will affect the tide level of the sea area affected by it. Much higher than normal tide levels.
This phenomenon is called storm surge in the original world, and is also vividly called storm tsunami.
It’s just that ordinary storms and tsunamis can cause the sea level to rise by a few meters or more than ten meters at most, but for humans, it is already a very serious disaster.
But if the scale of the tropical cyclone is large enough, absorbs enough heat, and the storm it stirs up is fast enough, the scale of the storm and tsunami will be far beyond imagination. The wave with a height of nearly 100 meters surged towards Langton City.
"What should we do now?" Sandrillon's mind was completely blank at this time. Looking at the tsunami pressing down like a mountain in front of him, he did not have the calmness of a demigod-level transcendent. , looking at a loss.
At this time, she and Purficott were riding an airship over the estuary, facing the terrifying tsunami coming from above.
Originally they just came to check out the changes in the outer city after the White Star appeared, but they did not expect that when they flew near the mouth of the sea, they saw a 'mountain range' coming towards them.
"How can human power fight against nature? Even I can't compete with the power of nature." Purficott felt deeply powerless, and his whole body felt as if his backbone had been ripped out. Come down.
“But there are so many people in Langton City, what should they do?” Sandrillon supported Perficott, who almost fell, and asked her a very important question.
Faced with this problem, Purficott shook his head and said: "It's not a big problem. Although the seawater will flood the streets, the water will not be too deep, and as the storm moves northward, the water will soon Frozen.
Except for some damage caused by the current tsunami, other problems are not big.
And luckily among the misfortunes, the coastal areas of Langton are all in the outer city. The inner city is at a relatively high altitude, and there are city walls and moats between the inner city and the outer city. The overall situation will not be greatly affected. of. "
Hearing what Perficott said, Sandrillon felt a little relieved, but she still felt worried and powerless about the tsunami coming in front of her.
"Let Feikong Let's get the boat up, there's nothing we can do. "Perfect weakly gave the order to the captain, but after biting her lip, she still gave another order to the captain: "Send a report to the city and shout at the same time to ask everyone to evacuate to higher places and shelter underground. All entrances and exits were immediately closed to prevent underground water from entering. ”
The construction template used in the underground shelter in Langton City was designed by Perficott. She did consider waterproof design at the beginning of the design, but it was used to deal with the formation of large-scale rainfall.
But in this case, the only choice is to trust your own design.
What else can we do? Even the gods of old may not have the ability to deal with a tsunami of nearly a hundred meters.
The captain of the airship naturally did not dare to neglect. After all, he also saw the tsunami in front of him like a mountain range.
While ordering the ship to rise quickly, he was also sending reports and shouting in accordance with Purficott's requirements.
As the height increased, many crew members threw themselves on both sides of the ship's side. Looking below, a white line, along with the black water behind it, began to gradually engulf Langton's coastline and move deeper into the city. go.
There is no doubt that Langton's estuary became the first place to be 'broken through'. The original river channel became the fast lane for the tsunami to advance, and the squeeze from both sides made the tide rise further and become more terrifying.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire Xiacheng District was engulfed by the sea water and turned completely into a lake.
Only a few higher-lying areas in the entire Xiacheng District survived, and almost all other areas were submerged in water at once.
(End of this chapter)