Video of terrifying sea storm breaks internet, netizens hail 'power of nature'

A video of a ship stranded in the midst of a turbulent sea storm has stunned the internet. Shared on Twitter by World of Engineering, the 41-second footage shows the rough high seas wherein the boat can be seen battling the tall waves and hurricane-force winds. The strong waves pummel the side of the ocean liner as it struggles to stay upright in the frothing wild water. 

With over 5.4 million views and 13.1k likes, the footage rendered the users speechless as they wrote it was unfathomable that “Sailors and Pirates actually sailed in these seas with wooden ships”. “Well, sank actually,” replied one other commenter expressing the wonder. In the clip, shot from aboard the ship, the large rogue waves flood the portholes and cabins on the upper decks as the grey-blue sea rises in the behemoth. The video was captioned “terrifying”, as it shows a solitary ship sustain itself in the middle of the monster storm.  

Users share their opinion

“Mother nature is always tough to beat,” commented a user. While others imagined how the sailors braved the tough situation on board as it seemed like the sea pushed against with full force and so much stress was put on the hull. Some found the sea to be beautiful and said that it was “nature at its best”. “Worked on a cruise ship that tried to outrun hurricane sandy by going around it. That was a long 10 days from Boston to ft. Lauderdale,” wrote a marine engineer, sharing his experience.  

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The ships are often battered and face perilous situations amid the sea if the weather conditions get tumultuous. In one such incident that occurred in 2010, an Antarctic cruise liner with 88 passengers and 77 crew members aboard was damaged by the brutal waves and 55 mph winds when it was sailing South of the Shetland Islands on its way to Argentina. 

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