7.8/1042 votes#1 - Japan's Nuclear Nightmare
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2012
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami off Japan’s coast caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
Director: Steve Webb
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1038 votes
#2 - Bismarck
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2012
Maritime Historian Andrew Lambert looks at the Royal Navy's battle with the German battleship Bismarck.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1041 votes
#3 - Mountain Tsunami
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/2012
In 1963 a landslide from Monte Toc into the reservoir of the Europe's highest dam caused a giant flood wave that destroyed the village of Longarone and other villages, claiming over 2,000 lives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1028 votes
#4 - Waco Cult
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2012
After a 51-day siege at the ranch of an armed religious cult, the FBI tries to force people out with tear gas, but a fire breaks out and almost 80 people die.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1036 votes
#5 - Deepwater Horizon
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2012
A look at the series of decisions and mistakes that led to the world's largest oil spill disaster, and that 11 workers on the rig died.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1033 votes
#6 - Massacre in Mumbai
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2012
On 26 November 2008, terrorists attacked two luxury hotels (one of them the famous Taj Mahal Hotel), a Jewish educational center, a café and a train station in Mumbai, killing 166 people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 5
Every episode of Seconds From Disaster Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 5!
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to...
Genre:Documentary
Network:National Geographic
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Japan's Nuclear Nightmare" is the best rated episode of "Seconds From Disaster" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Steve Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 3/11/2012. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bismarck".