On August 28, an early Sunday morning, America woke up to a shocking surprise. Katrina, a moderate “category one” hurricane that recently skirted Florida, had blown up and become a “category five”... Read more »
Massive floods in Australia and Pakistan. Deadly mudslides in Brazil. Epic drought and wildfires in Russia. Historic snows and bitter cold across North America. 2010 was one of the most destructive years... Read more »
The “super outbreak” of April 26-27 alone involved more than a hundred separate twisters, killing over 300 people and cutting a path of destruction across the south. Witness: Tornado Swarm 2011 tells... Read more »
Witness the awesome power-and the unimaginable destruction-of explosive volcanoes, ground-buckling earthquakes, and deadly tornadoes as you head into the field with scientists who risk their lives exploring the origins and behaviors of... Read more »
On March 11, 2011 the fourth largest earthquake ever recorded crippled Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that swallowed entire communities, leaving an unprecedented catastrophe in its wake. All the while, amateur... Read more »
Violent Earth focuses on where and when the next mega disaster will strike. Join tsunami scientist Jose Borrero of the University of Southern California on his trip to visit Banda Aceh with... Read more »
A photographer buried alive during the Haiti earthquake shares his harrowing story of being trapped inside. A family in Iowa records a deadly tornado barreling down on their home, and haunting images... Read more »