The show focuses on natural disasters, including tornadoes, hurricanes, avalanches, lightning, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes, and blizzards. It features videos taken during disasters, computer-generated imagery effects, and reenactments. Rescue workers, scientists, and survivors are interviewed. Season 2 was produced in 2008–2009 on HD format from locations around the world. Transmitted in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally in 2009 on the Discovery Channel, the series was directed by Mark Westcott, Alex Williamson, Susannah Ward, and Martin Gorst, and was produced by Pioneer TV.[citation needed]
Episodes
Season 1 (1997)
The first season was produced in 1997 and it has ten episodes.