Name: Desperate Hours
Genre: Factual

May not be suitable for younger viewers. Contains scenes of disaster and peril which viewers may find distressing.

Awesome manifestations of the fiery power locked deep within the Earth, Volcanoes are violent ruptures of the Earth's surface, expelling molten lava, rocks, ash and toxic gases into the atmosphere. 

1. Volcanoes

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A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an aeroplane crash, or an earthquake.

Desperate Hours

Series 1

A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a...

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David Dickinson helps members of the public sort the treasures from their trash.

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The Earth's crust - so solid beneath our feet, then you feel something moving, pounding deep down in the ground. The pounding gets stronger. Instinctively you know it is an earthquake.

2. Earthquakes

In 1918, Spanish Flu struck. In 1956 despite Asian flu killed 2 million people worldwide. In 1976 a deadly new virus appeared in the Congo, killing 90% of those affected...

3. Epidemics

Cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons, these storms take many names but they all pose the same threat. Up to 600 miles wide, a huge vortex with a calm eye at its centre, and with wind speeds up to 200 mph.

4. Wild Winds

Fire is one of the most destructive forces in nature. Fed by the oxygen in the air that surrounds us, fire can spread faster than a running man, burning everything in its path.

5. Fires

1999 and the state of Vargas in Venezuela is brought to a standstill as torrential rains triggers a mudslide that buries towns under 3 meters of mud.

6. Floods

Every year millions of people experience the effects of geological disasters. New methods of predicting and preventing such events seem to be helping, but are nowhere near perfect.

7. Geological Disasters

Countless lives have been lost down the ages in natural disasters but there is something uniquely terrifying when death and disaster strike from the hand of man. 

8. Nuclear and Industrial Disasters

In April 1912 the world was stunned by the loss of the Titanic. Despite all the advances in design and construction, the sea remains a hostile environment.

9. Disasters at Sea

Unforgettable footage of the Turkish airlines flight that crashed in Paris; the Tupolev 154 that fell from the sky in 2006; and the deadliest aviation disaster...

10. Disasters in the Air

Every year over a million people die and almost 50 million are injured in traffic accidents; and the number continues to rise.

11. Road and Train Accidents

Drought in China in 1928 killed over 3 million people. An ice storm in Canada in 1998 that caused over a $1bn of damage was described as the worst natural disaster in Canadian history.

12. Environmental Disasters

Disasters : We review the worst of the worst.

13. Desperate Hours

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