
Personal stories of those caught up in sometimes deadly natural catastrophes, accompanied by camera footage showing meteorological phenomena, including hurricanes, earthquakes, monsoons and more.

In Tennessee, a violent tornado touches down in downtown Nashville - interrupting a live news broadcast and raking through the city; at the Hamma Hamma Falls, a kayaker races to rescue his friend from a terrifying ordeal.

A deadly volcano eruption causes catastrophic destruction, and a tornado flips cars on a highway.

Australia's Kangaroo Island is ravaged by deadly bushfires; in Kansas, two tornado chasers let a tourist ride along with them as they intercept a monster tornado; two sailors navigate cyclone-force winds.

A tornado tears a mile-wide path through the American town of Moore, Okla., destroying two schools while the pupils are inside.