- INITIAL IMPACT
It would be devastating – around the same impact as
250 megatonnes of TNT (dynamite). If it fell in the
middle of the country, the city of Leicester would be
instantly smashed flat by a superheated bow wave of
compressed air beneath the water bomb.
THAT’S A LOT
OF RAIN!
You’d think the UK is the rainiest place just by the
way you see it in the media, but that title actually
goes to Mawsynram in India, which has an annual
rainfall of 11,871mm. If you want to compare that
to good old Mzansi, we come in at a ridiculously
low 464mm on average – almost half of the global
average of 860mm. Here is a look at the top 10:
- Mawsynram, India – 11,871mm
- Cherrapunji, India – 11,777mm
- Tutendo, Colombia – 11,770mm
- Cropp River, New Zealand – 11,516mm
- San Antonia de Ureca, Equitorial Guinea
- 10,450mm
- Debundscha, Cameroon – 10,299mm
- Big bog, Hawaii – 10,272mm
- Mt Waialeale, Hawaii – 9,763mm
- Kukui, Hawaii – 9293mm
- Emei Shan, China – 8,169mm
3. FLOODWATER
As the drop hits the ground, its upper edge is still at an
altitude of 8,000m, and as it falls down it will be forced
sideways, creating a massive tidal wave of over a
kilometre high. Every tree and building in its path for at
least 100km in every direction would be torn up. Much of
the country would be at least a metre under water.
DID YOU KNOW?
The driest place on Earth is aptly called Dry Valleys in
Antarctica. It hasn’t seen rainfall ever... well at least
since humans have studied it. And they are now
studying it quite intently – because it is considered the
place on Earth with the closest environment to Mars.Nature