All Episodes of Mega Disasters

Season 1

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  8.8/1010 votes

  American Volcano

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/109 votes

  East Coast Tsunami

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/18/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1014 votes

  Yellowstone Eruption

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/27/2006

  Yellowstone National Park lies on top of a magma chamber that is 35-miles wide, waiting to erupt. (For further information, see Yellowstone Caldera.)

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1011 votes

  West Coast Tsunami

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/109 votes

  Windy City Tornado

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/11/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1012 votes

  Asteroid Apocalypse

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/109 votes

  Mega Freeze

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/15/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/1014 votes

  California's Katrina

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/19/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.1/1010 votes

  New York City Hurricane

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.8/1013 votes

  Tornado Alley Twister

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.1/1011 votes

  Mega Blast

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/1/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Earthquake in the Heartland

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/13/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  San Francisco Earthquake

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/25/2006

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown