
While dangerous, extreme weather makes for some riveting video and lends itself to being easily shared online and going viral. Such videos of destructive weather are featured on this series, which showcases the weather footage in addition to featuring first-hand accounts of survivors who lived through the treacherous conditions. On-air meteorologists also share their tales of being on the front lines and experiencing the fury that Mother Nature sends their way, sometimes even becoming the story themselves. Tsunamis, lightning storms and tornados are among the weather phenomena that take center stage on "Weather Gone Viral."

From big wave surfers to paragliding pilots, when humans take on Earth's extreme elements, there can only be one winner.

When the dead center of extreme weather rolls in and there's no time to get out of its way.

A typhoon, one epic mudslide and an invasion of polar bears; weather's fury is unleashed in a variety of ways; once it gets going it's unstoppable.

The southern coast of China is hit by three separate tornados in one day; winds on the high seas bring mayhem to the cruise line industry; residents take cover when a bomb cyclone brings damaging winds and flooding rain to a city in coastal Brazil.