S1 E1 • West Coast Tsunami

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.

Première diffusion : 23 mai 2006

S1 E2 • Tornado Alley Twister

A tornado scenario striking Dallas, Texas is examined.

Première diffusion : 30 mai 2006

S1 E3 • New York City Hurricane

New York City suffers a Hurricane Katrina-like disaster.

Première diffusion : 6 juin 2006

S1 E4 • American Volcano

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.

Première diffusion : 13 juin 2006

S1 E5 • Asteroid Apocalypse

The possibility of a cosmic impact on the planet Earth is examined.

Première diffusion : 20 juin 2006

S1 E7 • Yellowstone Eruption

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

Première diffusion : 4 juillet 2006

S1 E8 • Windy City Tornado

The episode creates a scenario in which Chicago is menaced by three fictional tornadoes.

Première diffusion : 11 juillet 2006

S1 E9 • East Coast Tsunami

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.

Première diffusion : 18 juillet 2006

S1 E10 • Mega Blast

The 1917 Halifax Explosion that killed 2000 people in Halifax could happen again if everything went exactly the wrong way in Boston.

Première diffusion : 25 juillet 2006

S1 E12 • California's Katrina

What if a super storm causes a flood in Sacramento, California?

Première diffusion : 8 août 2006

S1 E13 • San Francisco Earthquake

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.

Première diffusion : 15 août 2006

S1 E14 • British Superflood

Could the island nation of Great Britain have once been connected to Europe by land? Listen to a new theory and evidence which suggests that the English Channel was created by one of the largest floods ever.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 2008