Season 1
4 episodes · May 6, 1996
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- S1E1
Fire and Rain
May 6, 1996This 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.
- S1E2
Riders on the Storm
May 6, 1996This episode explores the staggering power of tornadoes and lightning - and travels with “storm chasers” on the hunt for a tornado.
- S1E3
Monsters of the Deep
May 7, 1996This 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.
- S1E4
The Winter’s Tale
May 7, 1996This 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.