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Planes and trains have made the world smaller, but when things go wrong, hundreds of lives can be lost in an instant.
Planes and trains have made the world smaller, but when things go wrong, hundreds of lives can be lost in an instant.
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S1, EP2 "Construction Disasters"Bridges and tunnels revolutionized transportation-but when they fail, tragedy follows. This episode explores the world's worst collapses and fires, including a tunnel blaze in the Alps so intense it fused 20 cars together. While bridge failures send vehicles plummeting into water or ground below, tunnel fires turn confined spaces into infernos. Why do these disasters happen, and what can be done to stop them? As we build bigger and faster, we also raise the stakes.
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S1, EP1 "Mega Floods; Tsunamis"When water unleashes its rage upon the planet, it becomes the ultimate bringer of death; whether it's from rain washing over the ground, rivers bursting their banks, or failed efforts to stem the flow, flooding is as inevitable as it is unstoppable.
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Rerun Air Date: August 5, 2026Archive footage and cutting-edge CGI is used to explore global disasters, illustrating the full toll these events can take and giving an understanding on how and why they occur.
Destruction Decoded
Rerun Air Date: August 8, 2026Archive footage and cutting-edge CGI is used to explore global disasters, illustrating the full toll these events can take and giving an understanding on how and why they occur.
Destruction Decoded
S1, EP8 "Industrial Disasters"As technology advances, manmade accidents have become as destructive as some natural disasters; a look at recent catastrophes.
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S1, EP7 "Air, Land and Sea"Planes and trains have made the world smaller, but when things go wrong, hundreds of lives can be lost in an instant.
Destruction Decoded
S1, EP6 "Tornadoes"Tornadoes are violent, rotating columns of air that can level buildings, their unpredictability makes them even more destructive; a look at how tornadoes form and if they can be stopped.
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S1, EP5 "Volcanoes"Volcanoes created more than 80% of our planet's surface, but explosive eruptions can be deadly; a journey under the earth to discover why volcanoes are so dangerous.
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