Chernobyl is a wildlife haven after 38 years of nuclear disaster [Video]

The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant 38 years ago today marked a terrible tragedy in human history. The toxic clouds that spread over Soviet territory exposed approximately 8.4 million people to nuclear radiation. 

Over 250,000 people developed cancer, and approximately 100,000 cases ended up being fatal.

Beyond the damage incurred by human beings that pervades to this day, the Chernobyl disaster wreaked havoc across the landscape by causing extensive damage to crops, plants, and infrastructure.

The failure to report the accident and its magnitude resulted in crucial delays in response that could have prevented thyroid cancer, specifically, fatalities and other long-term consequences that a nuclear power plant explosion of that degree triggers.

The International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day — what did we …