
Personal stories of those caught up in sometimes deadly natural catastrophes, accompanied by camera footage showing meteorological phenomena, including hurricanes, earthquakes, monsoons and more.
A deadly volcano eruption causes catastrophic destruction, and a tornado flips cars on a highway.
Australia's Kangaroo Island is ravaged by deadly bushfires; in Kansas, two tornado chasers let a tourist ride along with them as they intercept a monster tornado; two sailors navigate cyclone-force winds.
Police officers form a human chain to rescue a family during Tropical Storm Imelda; a sightseer takes a plunge down a 50-foot waterfall; a damaged dam threatens to unleash 300 million gallons of water through a community.
The Bahamas get pounded by 200mph winds during category five Hurricane Dorian - the most intense cyclone the country has ever seen; in Arizona, flash flooding sweeps a couple away resulting in a heart-stopping rescue.