Aftermath: Population Zero Page #2

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and some are heavier than air,

a danger to any creature

that roots around in the soil.

The same chemicals that made

the modern world possible

are now set loose to destroy it.

Emergency back-up systems are sustaing

the world's nuclear power plants.

Automatic diesel generators have kicked

in to prevent a catastrophic meltdown.

But the diesel fuel won't last forever.

All over the world,

pets are getting hungry.

If they don't find food

and water soon, they'll die.

But they're not the

only animals affected.

The global power failure is also

impacting zoos and safari parks.

No longer contained by electric fences,

predators are free to

explore their new world

and its dangers.

Chlorine gas from a derailed

train killed this herd of deer.

Changes are also taking place

at some natural gas facilities.

With the power off, the liquid

natural gas is starting to vent.

But most of it's being burned off,

an automatic safety feature designed

to contain gas leaks at plants.

With the tanks venting, the

explosive gas can reach idling cars,

left behind when their

owners disappeared.

It only takes one small spark,

and the new world

echoes with explosions.

And this is just the start.

Fires like this will burn for days

as hundreds of chemical plants around the

world send dangerous toxins into the air.

In just six short hours,

our disappearance has triggered a

series of catastrophes around the world.

And as animals and atoms

infiltrate this world without humans,

a much bigger disaster could be looming.

It's been three days since

humans disappeared from the Earth.

Power plants have failed.

Machines have ground to a halt.

Thousands of tons of toxic chemicals

have escaped from the world's plants.

In London, England, Big

Ben is due for its winding.

But without the help of a human hand,

it rings for the last time.

Human time and human

history have stopped.

But life on Earth continues.

Houses and apartments are still

inhabited by increasingly hungry pets.

It's been three days

since anyone has fed them,

so they devour anything they can find.

In the US, tens of millions of dogs

were trapped when their owners vanished.

Now, they either have to break

out of their homes or die.

With the failure of power

plants around the globe,

pets inherit a dark world.

At nuclear power plants

emergency diesel

generators started working

as soon as the electricity failed.

But without power, this

building, and hundreds like it,

will soon cause an

unprecedented disaster.

This is the spent

fuel handling building,

where radioactive fuel

is stored in cooling pools

after it's used to generate power.

The pool is 30 feet deep and filled

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