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Los Angeles is no stranger to disaster, having weathered floods, earthquakes and riots. But Tuesday brought one of most devastating days in the city's history.
There are numerous historical examples of pandemics [166] that have had a devastating effect on a large number of people. The present, unprecedented scale and speed of human movement make it more difficult than ever to contain an epidemic through local quarantines , and other sources of uncertainty and the evolving nature of the risk mean ...
Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006, to July 2008 on History Channel.Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe.
An event that could cause human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's existence or potential is known as an "existential risk". [ 4 ] In the 21st century, a number of academic and non-profit organizations have been established to research global catastrophic and existential risks, formulate potential mitigation measures ...
Recent photos and videos emerging from Russia had some suggesting that a frozen apocalypse might already be underway. A storm of freezing rain and gusty winds spewed an inch of frozen ...
Doomsday Preppers is an American reality television series that aired on the National Geographic Channel from 2012 to 2014. The program profiles various survivalists, or "preppers", who are preparing to survive the various circumstances that may cause the end of civilization, including economic collapse, societal collapse, and electromagnetic pulse.
Many have joked about 2020 ushering in the end of times based on how the year has unfolded. Recent photos and videos emerging from Russia had some suggesting that a frozen apocalypse might already ...
Each episode begins with a chronological re-enactment of the disaster, which is always cut into several scenes displaying critical moments in the unfolding of the disaster with a clock appearing at the beginning of each scene. After the sequence of events, the show "winds back" the scenes to analyse the causes and events leading up to the disaster.