The Weather Files

Examine the devastation snow can bring as a hurricane blizzard hits the eastern coast of Canada in 2020; learn how artificial glaciers can be used to alleviate drought.

Experience the terror of the 2018 California landslides, as boulders, trees, and millions of gallons of mud and water swept down the streets. Then explore the awesome science of fire and landslides, which have the power to destroy as well as create.

Revisiting stories of devastation and escape as the Fuego volcano erupts in Guatemala in 2018; seeing Hawaii's lava tunnels, ash-rich vineyards in Italy and state-of-the-art volcano voiceprints.

Riding out a twister in Missouri as a doctor completes a hip surgery without power and 20 strangers hide in a fridge.

Witnessing the 2018 Indonesian tsunami and hearing stories of escape, survival, loss and rescue.

On the anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, citizens find that their annual earthquake drill is not a drill this time.

Experience a hurricane's pounding rain and violent gusts and discover how science is getting better at early detection and safety measures; hear how a competitive fisherman, a storm chaser and an extreme explorer have ridden out tempests.

A flight attendant explains her experience with three different types of turbulence; a pilot flies 500 miles between low clouds and high trees; a flight attendant suffers the impacts of clear and unforeseen turbulence.

A man becomes trapped in an avalanche; a hurricane chaser becomes trapped during a typhoon; a couple becomes trapped on their boat.

A fisherman becomes trapped on a lake during a hurricane; a hurricane chaser saves lives in the Philippines; an explorer becomes trapped during Hurricane Katrina.

A wildfire suddenly surrounds a news reporter; a photojournalist survives a fire only to be stuck in a mudslide a week later; a couple gets trapped on a lake surrounded by a forest fire.

A hiker is nearly killed by wind and falling trees; an explorer burns to death inside a volcano; twin tornadoes hit a bank.

A tornado chaser gets stuck on a dead end street; a team of storm chasers are nearly caught in the eye of a storm; an explorer's vehicle is smashed.

A worker is trapped in an Arctic blast; a pilot is trapped in a blizzard; a snow plow operator is stuck on a mountain in the middle of a blizzard after saving drivers.

A husband and wife storm chaser team witness devastation caused by a tornado; a meteorologist is chased by a twister; a meteorologist witnesses one of the widest tornadoes ever recorded.

Experience a hurricane's pounding rain and violent gusts and discover how science is getting better at early detection and safety measures; hear how a competitive fisherman, a storm chaser and an extreme explorer have ridden out tempests.

Experience the terror of the 2018 California landslides, as boulders, trees, and millions of gallons of mud and water swept down the streets. Then explore the awesome science of fire and landslides, which have the power to destroy as well as create.

Witnessing the 2018 Indonesian tsunami and hearing stories of escape, survival, loss and rescue.

Riding out a twister in Missouri as a doctor completes a hip surgery without power and 20 strangers hide in a fridge.

A husband and wife storm chaser team witness devastation caused by a tornado; a meteorologist is chased by a twister; a meteorologist witnesses one of the widest tornadoes ever recorded.

A hiker is nearly killed by wind and falling trees; an explorer burns to death inside a volcano; twin tornadoes hit a bank.

On the anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, citizens find that their annual earthquake drill is not a drill this time.

A worker is trapped in an Arctic blast; a pilot is trapped in a blizzard; a snow plow operator is stuck on a mountain in the middle of a blizzard after saving drivers.

A tornado chaser gets stuck on a dead end street; a team of storm chasers are nearly caught in the eye of a storm; an explorer's vehicle is smashed.

A wildfire suddenly surrounds a news reporter; a photojournalist survives a fire only to be stuck in a mudslide a week later; a couple gets trapped on a lake surrounded by a forest fire.

A fisherman becomes trapped on a lake during a hurricane; a hurricane chaser saves lives in the Philippines; an explorer becomes trapped during Hurricane Katrina.