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Mega Disasters — Storyline

Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006 to July 2008 on The History Channel. Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe.

The two "mega-disasters" of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 inspired the series and provided a reference point for many of the episodes. Excepting only two shows devoted to man-made disasters, the threats explored can be divided into three general categories: meteorological, geological, and cosmic hazards.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Robert Lee

Mega Disasters — Series Details

Mega Disasters — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: West Coast Tsunami (2006-05-09) — The United States faces a potential tsunami threat that mirrors the catastrophic Indonesia tsunami of 2004. Just west of the Oregon coast lies the Cascadia subduction zone where th
• E2: Tornado Alley Twister (2006-05-16) — How a major tornado would impact Dallas is examined by studying the effect of a twister that struck Oklahoma City on May 4, 1999, killing 43 people and causing $1 billion in damage
• E3: New York City Hurricane (2006-05-23) — A Category 3 hurricane hitting New York City is the scenario. Included: a history of hurricanes in the Northeast; and the origins of such storms.
• E4: American Volcano (2006-05-30) — Mount Rainier is a ticking time bomb that could dwarf the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, sending massive lahars and mudslides toward the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area.
• E5: Asteroid Apocalypse (2006-06-06) — An asteroid hitting the Earth off the coast of Los Angeles is the scenario. Included: the theory that an asteroid strike may have been responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs.
• E6: Earthquake in the Heartland (2006-06-13) — The New Madrid Fault could reawaken at any time and destroy St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee, like the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-12.
• E7: Yellowstone Eruption (2006-06-27) — Yellowstone National Park lies on top of a magma chamber that is 35-miles wide, waiting to erupt. (For further information, see Yellowstone Caldera.)
• E8: Windy City Tornado (2006-07-11) — The possibility of a tornado hitting downtown Chicago is the scenario. Included is an examination of the 1967 twister that hit the suburb of Oak Lawn.
• E9: East Coast Tsunami (2006-07-18) — Cumbre Vieja, a volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, off the northwestern coast of Africa, may potentially collapse in the future. If it does, a massive tsunami
• E10: San Francisco Earthquake (2006-07-25) — This special-edition episode examines what happened in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its effect on San Francisco and looks at the destruction if it were to happen again tod
• E11: Mega Blast (2006-08-01) — Recalling the 1917 explosion of the ship Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbor, which left almost 2000 people dead and 6000 people homeless. Included: speculation about whether a similar di
• E12: Mega Freeze (2006-08-15) — The possible effects of extreme climate changes around the world in a short period of time are examined. Included: how drought altered the Mayan civilization.
• E13: California's Katrina (2006-09-19) — The Hurricane Katrina disaster is studied as a model to examine what might happen if Sacramento's levee system failed and a similar tragedy resulted.

Season 2

• E1: Gamma Ray Burst (2007-09-04) — Every few seconds, a supernova emits jets of deadly gamma rays somewhere in the galaxy. If one of these gamma ray bursts should happen sufficiently close to the solar system, all l
• E2: Comet Catastrophe (2007-09-04) — A comet is imagined to strike the Earth and cause major devastation.
• E3: Krakatoa's Revenge (2007-09-11) — The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, claiming over 36,000 lives by the tsunamis it triggered. Another volcanic eruption at
• E4: Glacier Meltdown (2007-09-25) — As temperatures rise, a global meltdown has begun. From the Andes to the Himalayas to the Alps, glaciers are vanishing. In Antarctica and Greenland, vast ice sheets are turning int
• E5: Hawaii Apocalypse (2007-10-02) — The shield volcanoes that make the Hawaiian Islands will erupt again and cause major destruction by earthquakes and massive lava flows.
• E6: Methane Explosion (2007-10-09) — Methane gas precipitates out of the Earth's crust but is easily diluted in the air and in the oceans. Yet, according to one scientist, certain oceanic conditions could trap the gas
• E7: Alien Infection (2007-10-16) — Could an alien infection cause an epidemic on earth? Some experts believe that spacecraft returning from Mars could bring back a harmful sample or comet dust falling into our atmos
• E8: New York Earthquake (2007-10-23) — An earthquake in New York City may seem like the plot of a bad movie, but a magnitude 5 quake occurred in 1884 and could happen again. Two faults run under Manhattan Island, includ
• E9: Mega Drought (2007-10-30) — Trends indicate that a major drought event is looming in the not-too-distant future. In as few as three decades we could experience conditions that would make the Dust Bowl of the
• E10: Super Swarms (2007-11-06) — The locust is one of the most destructive and dreaded life forms on Earth. American pioneers faced the largest swarm of locusts ever recorded. The 1,800 mile long and 110-mile-wide
• E11: Oil Apocalypse (2007-11-13) — The oil that our world runs on won't last forever. The gap between supply and demand is ever increasing. Will alternative energy save us or is it already too late? What would happe
• E12: L.A.'s Killer Quake (2007-11-20) — It has been a century since the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake and Californians live with the knowledge that it's only a matter of time before they're hit again. Los Angele
• E13: The Next Pompeii? (2007-11-27) — In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii and killed 5,000 people. The volcano is quiet at the moment, but the only consistency in Vesuvius' eruptive history is a lack of consistency

Season 3

• E1: Hypercane (2008-05-06) — Exploring the possibility that a hypercane (a theoretical super hurricane) may have hit Earth billions of years ago and destroyed most of the life on the planet.
• E2: Mega Tsunami (2008-05-13) — In 6,000 BC, 8,000 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, a paleotsunami whose waves reach taller than the Statue of Liberty allegedly was generated by a landslide from Mount
• E3: Noah's Great Flood (2008-05-27) — About 8,000 years ago, rain squalls had global oceans surging. The oceans rose above all of the earth. When the flood was over the Mediterranean Sea had claimed a landmass twice th
• E4: Comet Storm (2008-06-03) — Around 65 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Nearly 75% of all life on earth vanished. But could a single asteroid have been the lone ki
• E5: Volcanic Winter (2008-06-10) — The largest volcanic eruption of the past two million years occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra some 75,000 years ago. The impact from the supervolcano Mount Toba decimate
• E6: Dam Break (2008-06-17) — Modern dams are marvels of engineering but after decades of neglect the U.S. infrastructure is in crisis and by 2020, 85% of U.S. dams may be near their breaking point. When the So
• E7: Glow Train Catastrophe (2008-06-24) — The U.S. Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission plan to transport 77,000 tons of nuclear waste to a permanent storage facility 950 feet below Nevada's Yucca Mou
• E8: Airborne Attack (2008-07-01) — Anthrax is the most feared of all the biological weapons–spores entering the body through the lungs are lethal. In 2001, a simple letter, sent through the US mail, paralyzed a nat
• E9: Deadly Jet Collision (2008-07-08) — Since commercial aviation truly began in the 1930s, the romance of air travel has been marred by the tragedy of crashes. Unless significant changes continue to be made in airport
• E10: Atlantis Apocalypse (2008-07-15) — The Thera volcanic eruption nearly 4000 years ago at the site of what is now Santorini. Greece, and the resulting tsunami are recalled. Also: speculation regarding another possible
• E11: Toxic Cloud (2008-07-22) — Chemistry has changed our way of life. From the gasoline in our cars, to the quality of water we drink, to the furniture we sit on. But with modern industry come hazards and risk,
• E12: Prehistoric English Superflood (2008-08-29) — Could the island nation of Great Britain have once been connected to Europe by land? Listen to a new theory and evidence which suggests that the English Channel was created by one

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Mega Disasters have? 3 season(s) with 38 episodes.

Who created Mega Disasters? Robert Lee.

Where can I watch Mega Disasters? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.