Witness to Disaster

In April 2011, 360 tornadoes ravage the southern United States in four days, killing 348 people.

A mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 miners almost half a mile underground.

Montecito is hit by a natural disaster that leaves its residents fighting for their lives. Overnight, the Californian beach town is swamped by a series of 30-foot high, boulder-filled debris floods that destroy homes and leave streets swimming in mud.

Nepal is hit by a 6.7 mega-earthquake that kills thousands. Across the country, survivors are hit by terrifying avalanches that destroy everything in their path. Presenting stories of survival, from the Kathmandu Valley to Mount Everest.

On Oct. 1, 2015, the cargo ship El Faro is on a regular run to Puerto Rico when it disappears in a Category 4 storm called Hurricane Joaquin. It is determined that the El Faro sank off the coast of the Bahamas with 33 crew members.