
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."

A sleeping volcano erupts and sends hundreds of people running for their lives; more than a dozen elementary school students are the unknowing targets of a violent microburst; treacherous winds make window washing a life-or-death situation.

A category five hurricane devastates a tropical paradise; a 100 thousand ton ocean liner is at the mercy of the sea; raging wildfires destroy the world's largest rainforest.

The unimaginable happens as four tornadoes touch down in Pilger, Nebraska. Examining what lies beneath the icebergs in Greenland.

A dam unexpectedly collapses, bringing terror and destruction to a small community; a dangerous windstorm whips through a playground filled with children; a group of tourists vacationing in Alaska witness the beauty of a calving glacier.