These are some documentaries on man-made and natural disasters that we can learn from

• People in Visakhapatnam woke up with irritating throats, breathing problems after a major gas leak in LG Polymers located in the outskirts of the city.
  
• The gas tragedy brought back horrific memories of Bhopal Gas Tragedy that happened in 1984.
  
• As we hope for the situation to get back to normal, here are some film, documentaries and series to learn from past tragedies.
  

A chemical gas plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, leaked putting at risk the lives of hundreds of people to the toxic styrene. At least 11 have been declared dead, many others faced irritating throats, breathing problems, fell unconscious while walking on the road and some others were trapped inside their tiny homes.

The gas tragedy brought back horrific memories of Bhopal Gas Tragedy. As we hope for the situation to get back to normal, here are some film, documentaries and series to learn from similar tragedies of the past.

Chernobyl: Miseries on Disney+ Hotstar

Creator: Craig Mazin
IMDb: 9.4/10
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård
Description: Chernobyl is a visual account of how safety lapses led to the world’s worst nuclear power accident in a power plant near Kiev, Ukraine. The Soviet government, which ruled Ukraine at that time, tried every possible way to cover up the situation. Two cities — Kiev and Pripyat — near Chernobyl nuclear plant were evacuated. And within three months of the disaster, 30 people died after their skin decayed because of radiation.

Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain on Amazon Prime Videos

IMDb: 7.1/10
Director: Ravi Kumar
Starring: Kal Penn, Mischa Barton, Martin Sheen
Description: The film is based on Bhopal Gas Tragedy — the worst industrial disaster in the world — that took place in 1984. A major gas leak More than 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas a highly toxic substance. The tragedy killed 25,000 people for the next thirty years.

Crude on Apple TV

IMDb: 7.5/10
Directed By: Joe Berlinger
Description: Crude is an award-winning documentary film about a lawsuit by thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron which caused one of the largest environmental disasters in history.

The oil pollution contaminated the soil and water resources in the rain forest of Ecuador and caused a sharp increase in serious illness in locals.

Deepwater Horizon on Youtube

IMDb: 7.1/10
Director: Peter Berg
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin
Description: The film is about the deepwater horizon drilling rig which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2019, resulting in a massive fire breaking. The incident killed several crew members. Those who survived were left to fight with heat and flames.

Man-made disaster on National Geographic
The series on National Geographic shows rare footage of how natural resources triggers disaster. One of its episodes includes a Chinese dam — weighing more than 3,000 Empire State Building — causing tremors, leaving 90,000 dead.

See also: Vizag gas crisis claims 11 lives and reports second leak, which the government clarifies 'was required' to bring the situation under control