Desperate Hours

A close up view of the most destructive recent volcanic eruptions around the world.

Exploring the devastating impact of earthquakes.

The inside story of pandemic outbreaks including SARS and the African Ebola outbreak in Sudan.

Flash floods in Brazil, the deluge that followed Hurricane Katrina, and the overflow after the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2015 are all, to some extent, natural phenomena; examining if a changing climate is making them worse and more frequent.

Most natural disasters, including volcanoes and earthquakes, are geological disasters; avalanches, landslides, blizzards and heatwaves don't usually cause fatalities in the tens of thousands.

Exploring a range of nuclear disasters and industrial accidents from across the globe.