Mega Disasters

Season 1

Combining science and history, Mega Disasters visits the sites of the most incredible disasters of the past -- and then virtually recreates them in modern times and locations using state-of-the-art computer animation.

Where to Watch Season 1

13 Episodes

  • West Coast Tsunami
    E1
    West Coast TsunamiThe United States faces a potential tsunami threat that mirrors the catastrophic Indonesia tsunami of 2004. Just west of the Oregon coast lies the Cascadia subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate is moving under the North American Plate. A major earthquake here could displace enough water to cause a massive wave to impact along the west coast.
  • Tornado Alley Twister
    E2
    Tornado Alley TwisterHow a major tornado would impact Dallas is examined by studying the effect of a twister that struck Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, killing 43 people and causing $1 billion in damage.
  • New York City Hurricane
    E3
    New York City HurricaneA Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City is the scenario. Included: a history of hurricanes in the Northeast; and the origins of such storms.
  • American Volcano
    E4
    American VolcanoMount Rainier is a ticking time bomb that could dwarf the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, sending massive lahars and mudslides toward the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area.
  • Asteroid Apocalypse
    E5
    Asteroid ApocalypseAn asteroid hitting the Earth off the coast of Los Angeles is the scenario. Included: the theory that an asteroid strike may have been responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs.
  • Earthquake in the Heartland
    E6
    Earthquake in the HeartlandThe New Madrid Fault could reawaken at any time and destroy St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee, like the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-12.
  • Yellowstone Eruption
    E7
    Yellowstone EruptionYellowstone National Park lies on top of a magma chamber that is 35-miles wide, waiting to erupt. (For further information, see Yellowstone Caldera.)
  • Windy City Tornado
    E8
    Windy City TornadoThe possibility of a tornado hitting downtown Chicago is the scenario. Included is an examination of the 1967 twister that hit the suburb of Oak Lawn.
  • East Coast Tsunami
    E9
    East Coast TsunamiCumbre Vieja, a volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, off the northwestern coast of Africa, may potentially collapse in the future. If it does, a massive tsunami will be headed right for the East coast of the United States, threatening major cities like New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Miami.
  • San Francisco Earthquake
    E10
    San Francisco EarthquakeThis special-edition episode examines what happened in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its effect on San Francisco and looks at the destruction if it were to happen again today.
  • Mega Blast
    E11
    Mega BlastRecalling the 1917 explosion of the ship Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbor, which left almost 2000 people dead and 6000 people homeless. Included: speculation about whether a similar disaster could occur in Boston Harbor.
  • Mega Freeze
    E12
    Mega FreezeThe possible effects of extreme climate changes around the world in a short period of time are examined. Included: how drought altered the Mayan civilization.
  • California's Katrina
    E13
    California's KatrinaThe Hurricane Katrina disaster is studied as a model to examine what might happen if Sacramento's levee system failed and a similar tragedy resulted.

 

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