Savage Skies

Season 1

4 episodes · May 6, 1996

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  • S1E1

    Fire and Rain

    May 6, 1996

    This episode provides a lyrical if sobering look at rain and clouds, including interviews with survivors of flash floods that struck Lynmouth, England, in 1952 and Big Thompson Canyon, Colo., in 1976.

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  • S1E2

    Riders on the Storm

    May 6, 1996

    This episode explores the staggering power of tornadoes and lightning - and travels with “storm chasers” on the hunt for a tornado.

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  • S1E3

    Monsters of the Deep

    May 7, 1996

    This episode starts with the ocean, then introduces its ferocious offspring, hurricanes. Of particular interest: Hurricane Andrew, which struck several Miami suburbs with full force in 1992.

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  • S1E4

    The Winter’s Tale

    May 7, 1996

    This episode poses the question, What is snow?, as well as visiting the residents of Oimyakon, the world’s coldest inhabited village, a Siberian settlement where pens won’t write (the ink freezes solid) and milk is sold in frozen blocks.

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