As climate change triggers an increase in natural disasters across China, a small but growing group of people are driving into the heart of mayhem to capture stunning images from the center of typhoons, tornadoes, and hailstorms—providing invaluable resources for disaster research
In September, when Typhoon Bebinca brought torrential rain to China’s eastern seaboard, most people huddled inside and tried to wait out the storm. Not Su Dike though. The 23-year-old packed his cameras and drove through the night from Hangzhou to Shanghai, his eyes set squarely on the heart of the storm.
In his ensuing videos, shorn tree branches and fallen billboards populate scenes of chaos. What he captured was remarkable: firsthand footage of the typhoon, the largest to make landfall in Shanghai since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
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