Deadline to Disaster

Residents fear for their lives as Florida's Gulf Coast is struck by a powerful Category 4 Hurricane, bringing deadly surge and catastrophic winds.

Downslope winds gusting over 100 miles per hour drive an enormous wildfire into residential areas around Boulder, Colo., forcing a frantic evacuation.

Hurricane Ida strikes the Louisiana coast 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, following a destructive path from the low-lying parishes to the cities of the Northeastern United States.

In 1991, Andover, Kan., is slammed by a deadly F5 tornado; 31 years later, another powerful twister wrecks the town again.

Storm chasers and a school principal experience close calls as a tornado outbreak hits major metropolitan areas in Texas.

Record-setting rainfall sends a wall of water into the small town of Waverly, Tenn., leaving residents stranded and clinging to life.

Storm chasers and a school principal experience close calls as a tornado outbreak hits major metropolitan areas in Texas.

In 1991, Andover, Kan., is slammed by a deadly F5 tornado; 31 years later, another powerful twister wrecks the town again.

On March 3, 2020, a supercell makes its way across Kentucky and sets its sights on Tennessee; that night, 10 tornadoes ranging from EF0 to EF4 touched down in Tennessee, leaving approximately $1.6 billion in damage and taking 25 lives.

On Aug. 10, 2020, hurricane-force winds blast through Iowa battering the city of Cedar Rapids; this rare Derecho packing powerful straight line winds takes the city by surprise and leaves behind a trail of destruction.

During a three-hour onslaught, the small town of Canton is caught in the crosshairs of two deadly tornadoes, the most powerful being an EF4, and seven twisters rip through the rural area.

Hurricane Sally makes landfall along Alabama's Gulf Coast, the first tropical cyclone to do so since 2004; intensifying to a Category 2 storm and turning east just prior to landfall, Sally catches many residents along the panhandle by surprise.

Category 4 Hurricane Laura batters Cameron, La.; its wicked winds and torrential rains reach inland to Lake Charles, La.; residents take cover as their windows break, the power goes out, and storm surge takes over.

Emergency personnel search for survivors after a devastating tornado hits Illinois.

Just after shuttering many businesses in response to the pandemic, Jonesboro, Ark., takes another hit from a natural disaster; an EF3 tornado touches down on the south side of the city and plows across the busiest parts of Jonesboro.

On March 3, 2020, a supercell makes its way across Kentucky and sets its sights on Tennessee; that night, 10 tornadoes ranging from EF0 to EF4 touched down in Tennessee, leaving approximately $1.6 billion in damage and taking 25 lives.

On Aug. 4, 2020, Hurricane Isaias slams into the North Carolina coast before tracking northward, spawning 37 tornadoes in eight states and causing catastrophic flooding in Pennsylvania.

On Aug. 17, 2020, a series of lightning strikes ignite multiple fires around Napa Valley; fanned by intense winds, the fires rapidly intensify into the LNU Fire Complex.

On Aug. 10, 2020, hurricane-force winds blast through Iowa battering the city of Cedar Rapids; this rare Derecho packing powerful straight line winds takes the city by surprise and leaves behind a trail of destruction.

During a three-hour onslaught, the small town of Canton is caught in the crosshairs of two deadly tornadoes, the most powerful being an EF4, and seven twisters rip through the rural area.

As Hurricane Michael fury peaks, deadly flying projectiles force a storm tracker and his team to ride out the eyewall in their car; Panama City News Herald employees hunker down at a building housing their printing press.

On the day after Christmas in 2015, 13 tornadoes hit the Dallas area; as a tornado rips through more populated areas, families that were hunkered down emerge to see their neighborhoods; amateur storm trackers go house to house hoping to help victims.

August 2005, Hurricane Katrina's massive 27 foot storm surge batters the Mississippi coastline obliterating beachfront property; in Waveland, a father and son forced to flee their home by boat, find themselves rescuing neighbors from the storm surge.

A tornado outbreak erupts over central Iowa on July 19, 2018; after an EF3 tornado makes a direct hit on a heavy equipment plant filled with hundreds of workers and guests, another EF3 twister tears directly down Marshalltown's main street.

Category 5 Dorian becomes the strongest hurricane to hit the Bahamas; as storm surge pours into his home, a family wades through chest-deep water in a quest to find higher ground; locals on jet skis rescue neighbors from flooded homes.

Memorial Day weekend 2018, almost 10 inches of rain in two hours sends a monster wave of water through downtown Ellicott City, Md.; it traps tourists and business owners, sweeps vehicles away and collapses buildings.

Unseasonably warm weather in Canada triggers six tornadoes in a matter of hours; an EF3 beast tears through a strip mall terrorizing a teenager and his mother who is impaled by flying glass; another tornado cuts a path of destruction through Ottawa.

On the day after Christmas in 2015, 13 tornadoes hit the Dallas area; as a tornado rips through more populated areas, families that were hunkered down emerge to see their neighborhoods; amateur storm trackers go house to house hoping to help victims.

A tornado outbreak erupts over central Iowa on July 19, 2018; after an EF3 tornado makes a direct hit on a heavy equipment plant filled with hundreds of workers and guests, another EF3 twister tears directly down Marshalltown's main street.

Record-setting rainfall sends a wall of water into the small town of Waverly, Tenn., leaving residents stranded and clinging to life.

Category 4 Hurricane Laura batters Cameron, La.; its wicked winds and torrential rains reach inland to Lake Charles, La.; residents take cover as their windows break, the power goes out, and storm surge takes over.

Emergency personnel search for survivors after a devastating tornado hits Illinois.

Hurricane Ida strikes the Louisiana coast 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, following a destructive path from the low-lying parishes to the cities of the Northeastern United States.

Residents fear for their lives as Florida's Gulf Coast is struck by a powerful Category 4 Hurricane, bringing deadly surge and catastrophic winds.

Downslope winds gusting over 100 miles per hour drive an enormous wildfire into residential areas around Boulder, Colo., forcing a frantic evacuation.

Unseasonably warm weather in Canada triggers six tornadoes in a matter of hours; an EF3 beast tears through a strip mall terrorizing a teenager and his mother who is impaled by flying glass; another tornado cuts a path of destruction through Ottawa.

Category 5 Dorian becomes the strongest hurricane to hit the Bahamas; as storm surge pours into his home, a family wades through chest-deep water in a quest to find higher ground; locals on jet skis rescue neighbors from flooded homes.

Memorial Day weekend 2018, almost 10 inches of rain in two hours sends a monster wave of water through downtown Ellicott City, Md.; it traps tourists and business owners, sweeps vehicles away and collapses buildings.

As Hurricane Michael fury peaks, deadly flying projectiles force a storm tracker and his team to ride out the eyewall in their car; Panama City News Herald employees hunker down at a building housing their printing press.

August 2005, Hurricane Katrina's massive 27 foot storm surge batters the Mississippi coastline obliterating beachfront property; in Waveland, a father and son forced to flee their home by boat, find themselves rescuing neighbors from the storm surge.

Hurricane Sally makes landfall along Alabama's Gulf Coast, the first tropical cyclone to do so since 2004; intensifying to a Category 2 storm and turning east just prior to landfall, Sally catches many residents along the panhandle by surprise.

On Aug. 4, 2020, Hurricane Isaias slams into the North Carolina coast before tracking northward, spawning 37 tornadoes in eight states and causing catastrophic flooding in Pennsylvania.

On Aug. 17, 2020, a series of lightning strikes ignite multiple fires around Napa Valley; fanned by intense winds, the fires rapidly intensify into the LNU Fire Complex.

Just after shuttering many businesses in response to the pandemic, Jonesboro, Ark., takes another hit from a natural disaster; an EF3 tornado touches down on the south side of the city and plows across the busiest parts of Jonesboro.