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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.
Disasters at Sea
S2, EP1 "Storm Watch"Bound from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico, crew members on the SS El Faro container ship 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.
Air Disasters
S5, EP1 "Fight to the Death"On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
Air Disasters
S17, EP6 "Terror Over Michigan"After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine what caused the aircraft to lose control.
Air Disasters
S11, EP1 "Explosive Proof"The inside story of one of history's most infamous and complex investigations: the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP8 "Arctic Modules & Auditoria"The engineering secrets behind a mobile research station in Antarctica, a gravity-defying concert hall on the Canary Islands, and a rotating boat lift in Scotland.
How Did They Build That?
S5, EP1 "Reborn Buildings & Sacred Grounds"In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery.
Air Crash Investigation
S25, EP4 "Second Thoughts"The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go wrong; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes a few kilometers from the runway; investigators discover that there was nothing abnormal about the two engines.
Air Disasters
S3, EP1 "Blind Spot"In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground.
Air Disasters
S1, EP5 "Dead Weight"Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
Air Disasters
S2, EP11 "The Plane That Flew Too High"West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Air Disasters
S17, EP7 "Tree Strike Terror"After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Air Disasters
S20, EP23 "Lethal Choices"Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.