
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 winter that's for the record books; a bus that tries to outrun a rare Romanian tornado; a shelf cloud that is the stuff of nightmares.

A winter that's for the record books; a bus that tries to outrun a rare Romanian tornado; a shelf cloud that is the stuff of nightmares.

Water is a necessity of life but in certain forms, it can threaten it; from surviving a monster typhoon in India and completing a record-breaking free dive to a horrifying plunge into a sinkhole, people are always at the mercy of water.

A monster tornado lays a path of destruction across north central Texas; monsoon season brings devastating floods to parts of Pakistan; it's a tent-way to heaven as towels, tents and mattresses are blown aloft at a local music festival.