Pripyat: A Ghost Town (Part 1)
Within a day of the Chernobyl explosion, many nearby residents began to experience headaches and vomiting, telltale symptoms of radiation poisoning. Authorities ordered the evacuation of Pripyat, a city of 50,000, within 36 hours of the meltdown. Over the next few years, more than 300,000 people were evacuated due to the fallout, but the ghost town of Pripyat remains one of the most interesting pieces of the disaster.
