The White-Crab Plague
The SwarmThe North American crab invasion carries toxic algae from the coast into urban infrastructure, turning a shoreline anomaly into a citywide emergency.
increasing
Bearing strength in each event
decreasing
Bearing strength in each eventdecreasingCrabs Reach Montauk
A Sudden Swarm
The invasion begins
Eyeless white crabs flood the shore and force a newly married couple to flee.
Satellite surveillance reveals that the swarm extends along the Long Island coast.
The Highway Becomes a Trap
Slime on the Roads
A spreading infestation
Crabs blanket roads and vehicles, making travel dangerous and carrying organic material inland.
The scale of the invasion outstrips local reporting and response.
Contaminated Water Re-enters the City
A Hidden Route
From shore to sewer
Crab residue washes into car-wash drains and enters New York’s tangled water network.
An apparently local invasion becomes a threat to millions of residents.
The Algae Kill
Toxic Illness Spreads
The city loses control
Residents fall ill and die from a highly toxic Pfiesteria strain introduced by the crabs.
Emergency crews struggle to separate safe populations from exposed ones.
New York Is Isolated
Quarantine as Last Resort
A city becomes a prison
Military forces seal Greater New York to contain contamination, while hospitals and civic infrastructure fail.
The episode shows how biological sabotage can turn everyday systems into transmission routes.
10 May, on Long Island
the same evening, near Amityville
within hours of the car-wash journeys
11 May, across Greater New York
after the tunnel fire and mass casualties
