The World's Deadliest Weather
8.56 Seasons
78 Episodes
May 30, 2016
Documentary
Overview
Extraordinary stories of weather survival and endurance from around the globe caught on cameras, phones and security cameras.
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8.5Extraordinary stories of weather survival and endurance from around the globe caught on cameras, phones and security cameras.
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1. Record Breaking Twister
A horrifying tornado rips through Missouri, wiping out 200 houses a minute. Elsewhere, one man's underwater debacle results in a remarkable rescue.
2. Mile Wide Tornado
Eyewitness footage captures the moment a tornado tears through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, destroying two schools with the pupils still inside.
3. Cruise Ship Disaster
A holiday cruise ship sails into a hurricane, terrifying 4,000 passengers as their cabins are plunged underwater.
4. Snowpocalypse
Hurricane Patricia lands in Mexico, sending tourists fleeing for their lives. An English summer fair is beset by a tornado, sending a bouncy castle sky high.
5. Earthquakes and Avalanches
Everest base camp is wiped out after a massive Nepal earthquake triggers a deadly avalanche, causing mudslides to bury the whole village.
6. Australia Inferno
An inferno tears through South Australia, threatening homes and livestock, and backpackers are stranded off the coast of Panama.
7. Giant Sinkhole
A hiker in a remote Canadian wilderness clings on for dear life as a glacial melt flash flood threatens to sweep him away.
8. Strongest Hurricane Ever
The strongest hurricane to ever hit the Western Hemisphere crashes into Mexico, a tornado tosses trucks in Texas, and a female driver is rescued from the Louisiana floods.
9. 50 Mile Dust Storm
Vehicles flee an enormous tornado as it crosses a highway outside El Reno, Oklahoma; a big wave surfer narrowly escapes death; a dust storm interrupts a wedding.
10. Episode 10
A freak winter tornado in Illinois sees a man narrowly escape being crushed by his own house. A glacier falls in Greenland, releasing a wave resembling a tsunami.
11. Deadliest Places to Live
Thailand experiences a fatal tsunami on Boxing Day 2004, with more than 250,000 casualties. Plus, another Boxing Day devastation comes in the form of a tornado in a Texas town.
12. Japanese Tsunami
In Japan's biggest national disaster since World War II, onlookers attempt to outrun a tsunami, even as the monstrous wave washes away entire towns.
13. Episode 13
A tsunami crashes on the coast of Chile, softball-sized hailstones smash windows in Texas, and Hurricane Matthew devastates Haiti. Plus the so-called 'morning glory clouds'.
