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S44E24 Killer Hurricanes

2017-11-01

In 2017, the U.S. mainland and Caribbean islands were ravaged by catastrophic hurricanes, but they weren't the first to face such fury. The Great Hurricane of 1780 unleashed its wrath over nine days, traversing the Caribbean and claiming at least 20,000 lives—the deadliest toll from any single weather event on record. What factors contributed to the extraordinary lethality of this historic superstorm?

Season 44 Episodes

1
15 Years of Terror
2016-09-07
 2
School of the Future
2016-09-14
 3
Great Human Odyssey
2016-10-05
 4
Super Tunnel
2016-10-12
 5
Treasures of the Earth: Gems
2016-11-02
 6
Treasures of the Earth: Metals
2016-11-09
 7
Treasures of the Earth: Power
2016-11-16
 8
Secrets of the Sky Tombs
2017-01-04
 9
The Nuclear Option
2017-01-11
 10
Search for the Super Battery
2017-02-01
 11
Ultimate Cruise Ship
2017-02-08
 12
The Origami Revolution
2017-02-15
 13
Why Trains Crash
2017-02-22
 14
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
2017-04-19
 15
Building Chernobyl's Megatomb
2017-04-26
 16
Chinese Chariot Revealed
2017-05-17
 17
Poisoned Water
2017-05-31
 18
Eclipse Over America
2017-08-23
 19
Ghosts of Stonehenge
2017-08-31
 20
Death Dive to Saturn
2017-09-13
 21
Secrets of the Shining Knight
2017-10-04
 22
Secrets of the Forbidden City
2017-10-18
 23
Killer Volcanoes
2017-10-25
 24
Killer Hurricanes
2017-11-01
 25
Killer Floods
2017-11-08
 26
Extreme Animal Weapons
2017-11-22
 27
Bird Brain
2017-12-20
 28
Day the Dinosaurs Died
2017-12-27