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Mega Disasters

2006-05-23 Documentary G

Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006 to July 2008 on The History Channel. Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe. The two "mega-disasters" of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 inspired the series and provided a reference point for many of the episodes. Excepting only two shows devoted to man-made disasters, the threats explored can be divided into three general categories: meteorological, geological, and cosmic hazards.

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Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006 to July 2008 on The History Channel. Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe. The two "mega-disasters" of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 inspired the series and provided a reference point for many of the episodes. Excepting only two shows devoted to man-made disasters, the threats explored can be divided into three general categories: meteorological, geological, and cosmic hazards.

  • First Aired
    2006-05-23
  • Last Aired
    2008-08-29
  • Creator
    Robert Lee
  • Genre
    Documentary, News
  • Seasons
    3
  • Episodes
    38
  • Status
    Ended
  • Language
    English, Français
  • Network
    History
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West Coast Tsunami

1. West Coast Tsunami

The United States faces a potential tsunami threat that mirrors the catastrophic Indonesia tsunami of ...More
The United States faces a potential tsunami threat that mirrors the catastrophic Indonesia tsunami of 2004. Just west of the Oregon coast lies the Cascadia subduction zone where the Juan de Fuca Plate is moving under the North American Plate. A major earthquake here could displace enough water to cause a massive wave to impact along the west coast.Less
2006-05-09
Tornado Alley Twister

2. Tornado Alley Twister

How a major tornado would impact Dallas is examined by studying the effect of a twister that struck Ok...More
How a major tornado would impact Dallas is examined by studying the effect of a twister that struck Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, killing 43 people and causing $1 billion in damage.Less
2006-05-16
New York City Hurricane

3. New York City Hurricane

A Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City is the scenario. Included: a history of hurricanes in the...More
A Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City is the scenario. Included: a history of hurricanes in the Northeast; and the origins of such storms.Less
2006-05-23
American Volcano

4. American Volcano

Mount Rainier is a ticking time bomb that could dwarf the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, sending m...More
Mount Rainier is a ticking time bomb that could dwarf the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, sending massive lahars and mudslides toward the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area.Less
2006-05-30
Asteroid Apocalypse

5. Asteroid Apocalypse

An asteroid hitting the Earth off the coast of Los Angeles is the scenario. Included: the theory that ...More
An asteroid hitting the Earth off the coast of Los Angeles is the scenario. Included: the theory that an asteroid strike may have been responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs.Less
2006-06-06
Earthquake in the Heartland

6. Earthquake in the Heartland

The New Madrid Fault could reawaken at any time and destroy St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee...More
The New Madrid Fault could reawaken at any time and destroy St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee, like the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-12.Less
2006-06-13
Yellowstone Eruption

7. Yellowstone Eruption

Yellowstone National Park lies on top of a magma chamber that is 35-miles wide, waiting to erupt. (For...More
Yellowstone National Park lies on top of a magma chamber that is 35-miles wide, waiting to erupt. (For further information, see Yellowstone Caldera.)Less
2006-06-27
Windy City Tornado

8. Windy City Tornado

The possibility of a tornado hitting downtown Chicago is the scenario. Included is an examination of t...More
The possibility of a tornado hitting downtown Chicago is the scenario. Included is an examination of the 1967 twister that hit the suburb of Oak Lawn.Less
2006-07-11
East Coast Tsunami

9. East Coast Tsunami

Cumbre Vieja, a volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, off the northwestern coast of...More
Cumbre Vieja, a volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, off the northwestern coast of Africa, may potentially collapse in the future. If it does, a massive tsunami will be headed right for the East coast of the United States, threatening major cities like New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Miami.Less
2006-07-18
San Francisco Earthquake

10. San Francisco Earthquake

This special-edition episode examines what happened in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its effec...More
This special-edition episode examines what happened in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its effect on San Francisco and looks at the destruction if it were to happen again today.Less
2006-07-25
Mega Blast

11. Mega Blast

Recalling the 1917 explosion of the ship Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbor, which left almost 2000 people d...More
Recalling the 1917 explosion of the ship Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbor, which left almost 2000 people dead and 6000 people homeless. Included: speculation about whether a similar disaster could occur in Boston Harbor.Less
2006-08-01
Mega Freeze

12. Mega Freeze

The possible effects of extreme climate changes around the world in a short period of time are examine...More
The possible effects of extreme climate changes around the world in a short period of time are examined. Included: how drought altered the Mayan civilization.Less
2006-08-15
California's Katrina

13. California's Katrina

The Hurricane Katrina disaster is studied as a model to examine what might happen if Sacramento's leve...More
The Hurricane Katrina disaster is studied as a model to examine what might happen if Sacramento's levee system failed and a similar tragedy resulted.Less
2006-09-19

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