Mega Disasters

Episode 1

Hypercane

Tue, May 6, 2008 44 mins

65 million years ago a massive asteroid crashed into Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. 75% of all life on earth vanished; but could a single asteroid have been the lone killer? Theories about what happened after the impact have been speculated on by the entire scientific community. Ranging from global warming to lethal worldwide firestorms, ideas have been put forth--but none have been proven.

Episode 2

Noah's Great Flood

Tue, May 13, 2008 45 mins

Could the biblical story of Noah be true? 8,000 years ago, rising sea levels had global oceans surging. With the power of all the world's oceans at its back, the Mediterranean Sea burst through the Bosporus Strait in modern-day Turkey with cataclysmic force. When the flood was over the sea had claimed a landmass twice the size of Ireland.

Episode 3

Mega Tsunami

Tue, May 20, 2008 45 mins

In 6,000 B.C., 8,000 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, waves taller than the Statue of Liberty ravaged the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, devastating ancient villages and killing untold numbers. Watch as a team of scientist's piece together evidence of this mega storm and reveal the face of this ancient tsunami for the first time.

Episode 4

Volcanic Winter

Tue, May 27, 2008 45 mins

The largest volcanic eruption of the past two million years occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 75,000 years ago. The impact from the super volcano Toba decimated the local habitat, but gas, ash and debris from Toba made their way around the planet and formed a shield in the atmosphere that deflected the sun's warming rays.

Episode 5

Dam Break

Tue, Jun 3, 2008 45 mins

Modern dams are marvels of engineering but after decades of neglect the U.S. infrastructure is in crisis and by 2020, 85% of U.S. dams may be near their breaking point. When the South Fork Dam near Johnstown, PA gave way in a storm in 1889, killing 2200 people, it was the worst disaster in U.S. history.

Episode 6

Glow Train Catastrophe

Wed, Jun 11, 2008 44 mins

Accidents involving trains carrying dangerous cargo are examined in light of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's plan to transport nuclear waste by rail to a proposed site near Nevada's Yucca Mountain.

Episode 7

Atlantis Apocalypse

Tue, Jun 17, 2008

Episode 8

Comet Storm

Tue, Jun 24, 2008 45 mins

13,000 years ago, a large comet exploded over eastern Canada unleashing a mass of burning fragments that ignited a mega storm of fire spreading for thousands of miles. Nearly every living thing on the North American continent was destroyed, including an ancient civilization known as the Clovis.

Episode 9

Prehistoric English Superflood

Tue, Jul 1, 2008

Episode 10

Airborne Attack

Tue, Jul 8, 2008 45 mins

Anthrax is the most feared of all the biological weapons--spores entering the body through the lungs are lethal. In 2001, a simple letter, sent through the US mail, paralyzed a nation, when anthrax spores were found inside.

Episode 11

Deadly Jet Collision

Tue, Jul 15, 2008

Episode 12

Toxic Cloud

Tue, Jul 22, 2008