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Destruction Decoded
Destruction Decoded

Destruction Decoded

—Archive footage and cutting-edge CGI is used to explore global disasters, illustrating the full toll these events can take and giving an understanding on how and why they occur.
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Season 18 of 8 Episodes

  • When water unleashes its rage upon the planet, it becomes the ultimate bringer of death; whether it's from rain washing over the ground, rivers bursting their banks, or failed efforts to stem the flow, flooding is as inevitable as it is unstoppable.

  • Bridges and tunnels revolutionized transportation-but when they fail, tragedy follows. This episode explores the world's worst collapses and fires, including a tunnel blaze in the Alps so intense it fused 20 cars together. While bridge failures send vehicles plummeting into water or ground below, tunnel fires turn confined spaces into infernos. Why do these disasters happen, and what can be done to stop them? As we build bigger and faster, we also raise the stakes.

  • Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are all the same thing with different names, but what they also have in common is their destructive power.

  • Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates suddenly shift and shock waves shake the Earth's surface; they occur along fault lines -- the most active being the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean and the San Andreas Fault on the American West Coast.

  • Volcanoes created more than 80% of our planet's surface, but explosive eruptions can be deadly; a journey under the earth to discover why volcanoes are so dangerous.

  • Tornadoes are violent, rotating columns of air that can level buildings, their unpredictability makes them even more destructive; a look at how tornadoes form and if they can be stopped.

  • Planes and trains have made the world smaller, but when things go wrong, hundreds of lives can be lost in an instant.

  • As technology advances, manmade accidents have become as destructive as some natural disasters; a look at recent catastrophes.

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8 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Volcanoes
    Air, Land and Sea
    Tornadoes
    Industrial Disasters
    Man Made Disasters
    Megafloods
    Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones
    Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes

    Volcanoes created more than 80% of our planet's surface, but explosive eruptions can be deadly; a journey under the earth to discover why volcanoes are so dangerous.
    Upcoming
  • Air, Land and Sea

    Planes and trains have made the world smaller, but when things go wrong, hundreds of lives can be lost in an instant.
    Upcoming
  • Tornadoes

    Tornadoes are violent, rotating columns of air that can level buildings, their unpredictability makes them even more destructive; a look at how tornadoes form and if they can be stopped.
    Upcoming
  • Industrial Disasters

    As technology advances, manmade accidents have become as destructive as some natural disasters; a look at recent catastrophes.
    Upcoming
  • Man Made Disasters

    As technology advances, manmade accidents have become as destructive as some natural disasters; a look at recent catastrophes.
    Upcoming
  • Megafloods

    When water unleashes its rage upon the planet, it becomes the ultimate bringer of death; whether it's from rain washing over the ground, rivers bursting their banks, or failed efforts to stem the flow, flooding is as inevitable as it is unstoppable.
    Upcoming
Destruction Decoded

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Archive footage and cutting-edge CGI is used to explore global disasters, illustrating the full toll these events can take and giving an understanding on how and why they occur.

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Dan Nachtrab

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