Desperate Hours

Season 1

TV-PG
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an earthquake. This is not only a documentary but a live account of dramatic events in real time. In this unique 13- part series you'll be an eyewitness to some of the greatest disasters of the last 100 years and you will have a rare opportunity to compare disasters across time and distance and decide which you think is the worst.

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13 Episodes

  • Volcanoes
    E1
    VolcanoesDesperate Hours looks at the destructive force of volcanoes and examines the eruptions in Montserrat which devastated half a Caribbean Island, the 1973 eruption on the Icelandic island of Heimaey, the 2010 eruption Eyjafjallajökull which blocked air travel in Europe, the Merapi eruption in Indonesia, and Mount Nyiragongo in Congo, and the supervolcano in Yellowstone.
  • Earthquakes
    E2
    EarthquakesTake a look at the major earthquake disasters over the past years and determine the worst one out of them.
  • Epidemics
    E3
    Epidemics
  • Wild Winds
    E4
    Wild WindsDesperate Hours looks at the destructive power of wind. It looks at the devastating power of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, the destructive Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, the 1960 storm Hurricane Donna in Florida, Tornado Joplin in Missouri, Hurricane Sandy in New York.
  • Fires
    E5
    FiresWitness some of the greatest fire disasters of the last century and decide which one's the worst.
  • Floods
    E6
    FloodsEyewitness accounts of disasters, the damage of floods and into EU's description of "a covering by water of land not normally covered by water."
  • Geological Disasters
    E7
    Geological DisastersWitness some of the greatest geological disasters of the last century and decide which one's the worst.
  • Nuclear and Industrial Disasters
    E8
    Nuclear and Industrial Disasters
  • Disasters at Sea
    E9
    Disasters at Sea
  • Disasters in the Air
    E10
    Disasters in the Air
  • Road and Train Accidents
    E11
    Road and Train Accidents
  • Environmental Disasters
    E12
    Environmental Disasters
  • Desperate Hours
    E13
    Desperate Hours

 

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