Disasters of the Century

A huge tidal wave hits England and the Netherlands and claimed 2,000 lives. 200 die in Austria avalanche.

The greatest disaster ever to strike the Great Lakes was the 1913 Lake Huron Storm.

Examines the destructive force of nature on human shelters.

In 1965 Mt. Taal in the Philippines erupted killing 350 people; in 1929 a submarine earthquake triggered a tsunami.

In 1916, high winds blowing through the forests of Northern Ontario turned a small fire into an inferno that destroyed nearly 800 square miles of forest.

Examines the trail of destruction left behind by volcanic eruptions.

Director Varrick Frissel dies on March 15, 1931, aboard The Viking while shooting action sequences for a new film.

A storm claims the lives of 35 men and boys, devastating a small fishing village.