Mother nature's mad and she's unleashing the very worst of weather.
When the dead center of extreme weather rolls in and there's no time to get out of its way.
From monster tornadoes to epic floods, when extreme weather strikes, there's no way to hit back, only fight to survive nature's onslaught.
From big wave surfers to paragliding pilots, when humans take on Earth's extreme elements, there can only be one winner.
Water is a necessity of life but in certain forms, it can threaten it; from surviving a monster typhoon in India and completing a record-breaking free dive to a horrifying plunge into a sinkhole, people are always at the mercy of water.
A typhoon, one epic mudslide and an invasion of polar bears; weather's fury is unleashed in a variety of ways; once it gets going it's unstoppable.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupts for three months, obliterating everything in its path; the remnants of Hurricane Ida leave one truck driver feeling a bit sideways; a first-time tandem jump experience becomes more than just a 90-second free fall.
An atmospheric river submerges the Pacific Northwest causing devastation in the billions; animals and humans alike are at the mercy of floodwaters as a major typhoon slams Southeast Asia; a fishing boat is demolished by monster ocean waves.
Sixteen years to the day of Hurricane Katrina, downtown New Orleans gets another lashing with Hurricane Ida; a look inside a Category 4 hurricane with impressive new Saildrone technology; a high-speed skier gets almost vertical at 125 mph.
High winds trigger a fire in Colorado, burning 6,000 acres and destroying thousands of homes; global shipping comes to a halt when the ship Ever Given is blown sideways, blocking shipping lanes in the Suez Canal for six days.
An EF-4 tornado hits Kentucky and levels homes in the middle of the night; in India, it's a battle for survival when a cyclone unleashes more than a month's worth of rain in two days; a professional freerider demonstrates 20-foot aerial tricks.
A severe heatwave turns Turkey into a tinderbox that spawns more than 200 fires; an extreme kayaker takes on a 134-foot Chilean waterfall; in Brazil, a 19th-century mansion is gone in an instant when a hillside crumbles after days of heavy rain.
A powerful hailstorm causes major damage in Munich, Germany; two teenagers are caught in a deadly situation on a frozen lake; tragedy strikes when catastrophic flooding hits Waverly, Tenn.
A family finds itself in the path of a deadly EF-4 tornado; 70 mile-per-hour winds fuel a fire in Colorado; an ice climber hangs on for life during an avalanche.
A locked door leaves a golfer at the mercy of a deadly tornado; a ferry ride in Germany turns into a nightmarish commute; an extreme mountain biker takes a breathtaking ride.
A 16-year-old driver is tested when an outbreak of tornadoes slams Texas; a melting glacier in Pakistan cripples a major thoroughfare; it's a deadly situation in Brazil when torrential rains turn streets into raging rivers.
Yellowstone National Park is shut down when flooding carves out a path of destruction; a major heatwave ignites deadly wildfires across Spain.
A Las Vegas windstorm crashes a casino pool party; a rare but violent tornado touches down in the Netherlands; a cargo ship is no match for a powerful storm in the Black Sea.
A powerful derecho tears across Europe leaving a trail of destruction; Seoul finds itself underwater after receiving more than 5 inches of rain in under an hour; spectators at Burning Man get a mesmerizing show as fire whirls dance across the desert.
In northern Myanmar, heavy rains trigger a deadly landslide at a jade mine; a water taxi in Rotterdam speeds toward disaster on the Meuse River; a fire captain puts his life on the line when his team becomes trapped by fire.
The southern coast of China is hit by three separate tornados in one day; winds on the high seas bring mayhem to the cruise line industry; residents take cover when a bomb cyclone brings damaging winds and flooding rain to a city in coastal Brazil.
It's a race against time to rescue the crew as a major storm at sea crashes a cargo ship against the rocks; when a large earthquake rocks southern China, quick decision-making may be the only chance for survival.
A monster tornado lays a path of destruction across north central Texas; monsoon season brings devastating floods to parts of Pakistan; it's a tent-way to heaven as towels, tents and mattresses are blown aloft at a local music festival.
A dam unexpectedly collapses, bringing terror and destruction to a small community; a dangerous windstorm whips through a playground filled with children; a group of tourists vacationing in Alaska witness the beauty of a calving glacier.
A woman fights for her life when caught in the eddy of a waterfall; the residents of Gaylord, Mich., are hit with their first EF3 tornado; flooding of epic proportions slams the Black Sea region of Turkey.
Hurricane Ian creates a dangerously high storm surge when it makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida; a significant storm spawns 47 tornadoes across five states; a deadly derecho in Canada, with gusts over 80 mph, causes massive property damage.
A series of videos capturing some of the most extreme and destructive weather conditions; firsthand accounts, and professional meteorologists experience the fury of Mother Nature.
Motorists in India are stranded when a dangerous landslide takes over a half mile of highway; during the dry season, a city in South Africa receives more rain than it has seen in 20 years; an annual surfing competition in Hawaii takes a twist.
Over 400 extreme wildfires in Chile burn out of control for three months, destroying over 1 million acres; high winds turn a massive catamaran sail into a wrecking ball; a record-breaking ice storm turns the streets of Seattle into a slip-and-slide.
A series of videos capturing some of the most extreme and destructive weather conditions; firsthand accounts, and professional meteorologists experience the fury of Mother Nature.
An unstoppable wave of mud and water destroys several mining towns in Peru; Missouri residents wake up to a deluge when record-breaking rainfall brings severe flooding; in Inner Mongolia, a hillside unexpectedly collapses.
The blazing heat in British Columbia transforms a quaint town into a hot destination; an earthquake rocks Alaska, twisting roads and damaging buildings; in California, a beach is split in two as a massive portion of the coastal cliffs crumbles.
A driver in Florida finds himself at the mercy of a powerful spring tornado; a trans-Atlantic sailboat race becomes a nightmare for one man when he injures himself at sea; an intense storm system produces widespread devastation across 16 states.
A series of videos capturing some of the most extreme and destructive weather conditions; firsthand accounts, and professional meteorologists experience the fury of Mother Nature.
As ordinary days turn into chaotic calamities, viral videos capture the outrageous moments as they explode on camera.
As ordinary days turn into chaotic calamities, viral videos capture the outrageous moments as they explode on camera.
India's monsoon season becomes even more destructive as two weather systems collide; Indonesian towns and villages are buried in ash by a volcanic eruption; Smoke from Canadian wildfires causes poor air quality in the northern U.S.