Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

by Andrew Leatherbarrow

An unstoppable deluge of water then prompted a chain reaction that overwhelmed 61 other dams and reservoirs. The resulting 11 kilometer-wide, 50 km/h wave ultimately killed a staggering 171,000 people, destroyed the homes of 11 million more,