Today's forecast calls for gale force winds, fearsome tornadoes, and major flooding, all in a matter of minutes! Hold on tight, because it's time for another episode of Extreme Weather Countdown.
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Today's forecast calls for gale force winds, fearsome tornadoes, and major flooding, all in a matter of minutes! Hold on tight, because it's time for another episode of Extreme Weather Countdown.
Todays forecast: thunder, lightning, and high winds. Oh, and lots of tornadoes.
Here at Extreme Weather Countdown, no natural phenomenon is too crazy, and we've returned with an episode chock-full of footage from the eye of the storm. Settle in, because there are rough seas ahead.
The most notorious volcanic explosion in history came from the small island of Krakatoa, off the coast of Java, The tiny island was pulverized and the giant explosion was felt half way around the world. Java is at the heart of the Ring of Fire, and so has seen many volcanoes, mud slides and earthquakes through its long history.
It is time for Angry Planet to do a serious desert episode. What better place to do it than this fabled city in the middle of the mighty Sahara Desert.This almost mythical place really does exist. And it really is still possible to travel there by camel caravan, riding the infamous Ships of the Desert. Extreme heat, dehydration, possible sand storms, frigid night temperatures and desert predators are our potential companions for the trip.
Italy is one of the very few nations in the world that regularly gets three major extreme natural phenomena volcanos, flooding, and avalanches. Eastern flanks of the volcano to slip by up to two metres, and many houses on the flanks of the volcano experienced structural damage. The eruption also completely destroyed the Rifugio Sapienza, on the southern flank of the volcano. The Rifugio was the site of a cable car station which had previously been destroyed in the 1983 eruption both have now been rebuilt. The most recent eruption was in November 2006.
Stormchasing developed in Australia in the same period the 1990s as it developed in the American Midwest. In the first week of December the height of storm season in Australia, we plan to travel with Jimmy Deguara, the most experienced of Australian stormchasers.
In the porous limestone of Canadas West Coast, great forces are at work under the ground, building and eroding the underground into fantastic shapes. In this episode well witness Georges explorations of these massive underground cave systems.
George experiences the most extreme climates in North America. First he visits the hottest place on the continent Death Valley, then the coldest Snag, Yukon.
George Kourounis returns to Tornado Alley with three of his fellow stormchasers to see what the 2007 Storm Season will bring. He gets a birthday gift of a large Kansas tornado, then travels to Missouri to witness a string of violent thunderstorms. Heading west to Crazy Horse Mountain, the team is in place for a huge storm sweeping through the Badlands of South Dakota.
Some of the fiercest weather on the planet can be experienced at the southern tip of Argentina and Chile the area the South Americans call the Fin del Mundo the end of the world. Host George Kourounis travels to Ushuaia, Argentina, sails south on the expedition sailboat Northanger to round infamous Cape Horn, then climbs the spectacular but rapidly melting glaciers along the Beagle Channel.
Adventurer George Kourounis joins Mark and Jaclyn on a journey to Nepal. They witness the devastation caused by the deadly 2015 earthquake, see first-hand the reconstruction efforts, and are awed by the warmth and hospitality of the Nepalese people.
Mark and Jaclyn make their annual trek to Tornado Alley and this time they are looking for more than severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. They also want answers as to whether Climate Change is causing changes to Tornado Alley.
Mark and Jaclyn make their annual trek to Tornado Alley and this time they are looking for more than severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. They also want answers as to whether Climate Change is causing changes to Tornado Alley.
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The most notorious volcanic explosion in history came from the small island of Krakatoa, off the coast of Java, The tiny island was pulverized and the giant explosion was felt half way around the world. Java is at the heart of the Ring of Fire, and so has seen many volcanoes, mud slides and earthquakes through its long history.
It is time for Angry Planet to do a serious desert episode. What better place to do it than this fabled city in the middle of the mighty Sahara Desert.This almost mythical place really does exist. And it really is still possible to travel there by camel caravan, riding the infamous Ships of the Desert. Extreme heat, dehydration, possible sand storms, frigid night temperatures and desert predators are our potential companions for the trip.
Italy is one of the very few nations in the world that regularly gets three major extreme natural phenomena volcanos, flooding, and avalanches. Eastern flanks of the volcano to slip by up to two metres, and many houses on the flanks of the volcano experienced structural damage. The eruption also completely destroyed the Rifugio Sapienza, on the southern flank of the volcano. The Rifugio was the site of a cable car station which had previously been destroyed in the 1983 eruption both have now been rebuilt. The most recent eruption was in November 2006.
Stormchasing developed in Australia in the same period the 1990s as it developed in the American Midwest. In the first week of December the height of storm season in Australia, we plan to travel with Jimmy Deguara, the most experienced of Australian stormchasers.
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