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Aerial America
S1, EP22 "Nevada"An aerial tour of Nevada; the state's deserts, ghost towns, neon cities and Hoover Dam; its history built on epic booms and busts.
Aerial America
S1, EP69 "Yellowstone"An aerial tour of the world's first national park showcases Yellowstone's diverse wildlife and rich history.
Yellowstone Supervolcano
A supervolcano brewing beneath Yellowstone National Park could be the worst natural disaster in history.
Volcanoes: Dual Destruction
The eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano kills hundreds as a pyroclastic flow roars down its slopes; the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is a slow-motion disaster, starting with small earthquakes before bursting into residential neighborhoods.
Make It Out Alive
S1, EP3 "Oklahoma Tornado"On the evening of May 3, 1999, the residents of Oklahoma City were hit with a devastating tornado.
Ten Steps to Disaster
S2, EP5 "Mount St. Helens"On May 18, 1980, Washington state's Mount St. Helens erupts; revisiting the destructive volcanic event and revealing ten failures that escalated the catastrophe, including ignored warnings, inadequate safety zones and poor rescue planning.
Make It Out Alive
S1, EP2 "San Francisco Quake"When a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1989, the city is thrown into chaos.
Disasters at Sea
S2, EP1 "Storm Watch"Bound from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico, crew members on the SS El Faro containership find themselves just 20 miles from the eye of a hurricane; after the ship goes missing, investigators ask why the crew took such a deadly course.
How Did They Fix That?
S4, EP5 "Reef Rescue"Mike in northeastern Australia, goes on and under the water, into labs and onto construction projects working with specialized teams; they tackle the challenge of saving dying coral on the Great Barrier Reef.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP2 "Swamps & Swagger"Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP2 "Towers & Roofs"A Manhattan high-rise; an Athens cultural center; a Singapore university.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP8 "Subways & Sightlines"A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP9 "Mirrors & Marble"Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP1 "Cantilevers & Lifts"An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.
Air Disasters
S20, EP24 "Risky Runways"In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
Air Disasters
S3, EP11 "Nowhere to Land"Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand new plane failed.