
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 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.

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.

A cyclone unleashes a deluge of rain, which leaves hundreds of thousands homeless in Peru and Ecuador; residents in California are left in shock by a rare tornado; historic, damaging flash floods hit Florida.

As ordinary days turn into chaotic calamities, viral videos capture the outrageous moments as they explode on camera.