Surviving Disaster

Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave tell the dramatic story of the Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed more than 250,000 people.

Yurie is just an ordinary middle school girl in the 1980's - until overnight she finds out that she is a Kami, or God, in the Shinto sense. When...

In the Biblical story from Genesis, God floods the world as Noah rescues his family and the animals in a gigantic ark.

In the near future, the unrelenting heat waves and coastal flooding brought on by the greenhouse effect are ravaging the Earth. While scientists and...

In 1997, scientists and local government officials in Wrocław face life-and-death decisions when a destructive flood wave threatens the city.

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and...

The untold human stories behind some of the world’s greatest disasters.

From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius...

Historic events that forever transformed the United States.

Storm chasers, survivors and first responders recount their harrowing experiences with volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.

In the aftermath of the earthquake in Xichuan, lawyer Luo Ben went there to look for his sister, Luo Yuan. This is his first time meeting the...

A series of looks into extraordinary natural disasters and their impact on the people around them.