Adventurer George Kourounis' patience is tested as he encounters deadly wildlife and challenging elements while preparing to descend into Marum Volcano in the South Pacific.
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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.
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.
Miners in Chihauhau, Mexico, has just discovered an amazing sight. Deep in the earth, only 300 feet from a pocket of molten magma, is an amazing chamber filled with giant blue and pink crystals – some as big as 60 feet long! It is an extraordinary find – and one that is very difficult to witness, as temperatures run to 150 F, with 100% humidity. The Mexican authorities are only opening up the cavern to scientists and film crews – “Angry Planet” plans to be one of the first in!
In June of next year we plan to intercept the Monsoon as it hits southern India and makes its way north along the western shore past Goa and Mumbai up to Delhi.This most famous of torrential rainy seasons drops as much as 40 feet of water on parts of the parched sub-continent.
Definitely our wildest episode so far. Here's the deal: Mt. Elgon is an 14,000 foot volcano in eastern Kenya. We propose a safari/ascent of the dormant volcano. Here's the first kicker: High on the the flanks of the volcano is Kitum Cave – a cave created by the most unique form of erosion – Elephant Erosion. For millennia elephants have been going into the cave to carve it out with their tusks in order to eat the salty rock. Here's the second kicker: the cave is thought to be the home of the Ebola Marberg virus – the world's most deadly virus. So here's the plan: We are going enter the cave, at night, wearing full Bio-Hazard suits to protect us from the virus.
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.
A slow moving disaster engulfs a city under water. The Stormhunters find themselves knee deep in flood waters as historic amounts of rainfall threatens to wash them away.
From hailstorms to hurricanes and tornadoes, the Storm Hunters revisit their craziest chases and share some of the most amazing moments in extreme weather events.
When the wild tries to find a HOME in ours
Explore a whole new world under the sea alongside some of the most adorable and mystical marine life.
A narrow escape from a raging wildfire – a dramatic encounter with a mudslide - the jaw-dropping images of a flash flood – just some of the encounters with two of nature's most destructive forces caught on camera in this Fire and Water episode.
A catastrophic earthquake, a mesmerizing avalanche, a destructive tornado, and an unintentional smashup derby on icy highways our experts weigh in on these viral videos as people get caught off guard by the sudden and powerful forces of nature.
A catastrophic earthquake, a mesmerizing avalanche, a destructive tornado, and an unintentional smashup derby on icy highways our experts weigh in on these viral videos as people get caught off guard by the sudden and powerful forces of nature.
Justin and Jeremy Harris' weekend decent into a remote Utah canyon becomes a survival nightmare when Justin severely breaks his leg. As night fast approaches and temperatures drop below freezing, how will these two brothers survive?
In an isolated mountain river, Fisherman Dean Ririe becomes hopelessly trapped under a boulder in water up to his neck. In icy waters that should kill a man, Dean fights for his life miles from help.
Island Air drops off a group of desperate hunters in the heart of the bush as a deep freeze hits Kodiak.
Joel and Mark Barker tempt fate and fly into no man's land to find and salvage a white airplane in a snowy forest, and fight hypothermia along the way.
Firefighters perform a ride inspection at a travelling carnival firefighters extinguish a blazing ATV.
Mark hikes up Mount Washington, New Hampshire, the highest peak in the Northeastern US and battles one of the most dangerous mountains in the world at its peak intensity.
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