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♪♪

Narrator: Next on
"doomsday caught on camera"...

A highway straight through hell.

Man:
Please, god, help us.

...With flames of evil.

Dad, we can't get out!

There was nothing we could do.
So this is it.

Man #2: Whoa, whoa!

What happens when
a tumbling tidal wave of snow...

[bleep].

...Has you in its sights?

I was trapped. I thought,
"okay, I'm going to die now."

Narrator:
A violent cyclone attacks.

[ screaming ]

And a crowd runs
for their lives.

Man #3: Once you hit
150 miles per hour,

That's a super typhoon.

Man #4: No, no, no!

Monster-sized balls of ice
smash down from the heavens.

Man #5: Oh, my god!

Is this gonna keep going
and blow us off the planet?

And even more jaw-dropping
weather phenomena.

[ electricity cracking ]

It'll make you thank god...

[ screaming ]

...It didn't happen to you.

Man #4: Damn!

♪♪

♪♪

Forest fires.

They can ignite
in many different ways --

A lightning bolt from the sky,
unattended campfires,

Even intentional acts of arson.

Once unleashed, they cause
overwhelming devastation,

Ravaging the land,

Killing wildlife,

Destroying nearby homes.

Now imagine getting caught in
the flames with only one way in

Or out...

Man:
Jesus, god, help us.

[bleep].

...If you can
even escape at all.

Dad, we can't get out!

[ fire crackling ]

August 12, 2018.

Glacier national park, montana.

Justin and charlie biltin are
headed deep into the wilderness

Of this majestic
1,500-square-mile park,

Planning to set up camp
alongside the very remote

And very beautiful
lake mcdonald.

Justin: My father and mother
used to go out to montana

For vacation years ago,

And they always heard about
how beautiful glacier was.

So he always wanted to go.

But this father-son adventure
is off to an ominous start.

[ thunder rumbles, cracks ]

Before traveling
into the woods,

They learn that a fire,
which was sparked by lightning,

Is burning inside the park
just 4 miles

From where they plan
to set up camp.

And with only one road
in or out,

They are afraid
of getting trapped.

But local fire officials
reassure them.

Charlie: When we drove in,
there was a fire crew,

And they said, "no problem,
you guys are good."

That will never
come down the ridge.

And so justin and charlie
proceed to their camp.

We got into the campsite
about 4:30, and we set up,

And we were just sitting down
to make dinner.

When suddenly,
an alarming scene

Is playing out
along the nearby ridge.

We saw the fire, and it
was starting to come our way.

We could see the flames
coming down the ridge,

And we knew at that point
it wasn't good.

So we decided
to drive out of it.

But remember,
there's only one way out.

At first, the men are confident
they're in the clear.

But then as they turn
the corner...

[ justin gasps ]

It became apparent...

...That it was much further
spread than we had thought.

Every tree up the entire ridge
was burning like a matchstick

That would go up in flames,
all at once, entirely.

It looked like we were driving
into a tunnel of red glow.

The realization that we
could very likely die

Became more and more intense

As I realized how far
the fire had spread.

Delgado: I don't think there's
anything worse than thinking

That you are going
to burn to death.

I didn't want him
to panic.

It's your son.
You want to keep him calm.

You don't want to think
that this could be the end.

Only a few miles from safety,
with each turn,

Justin and charlie
hold their breath,

Praying they can escape
the menacing blaze

And make it out alive.

What?

But then, horror --
the narrow dirt road

Is now completely engulfed
by the ferocious wildfire...

...Drawing father and son right
into the middle of the inferno.

What happens if
we blow a tire?

What happens if
a fuel line catches?

It was pretty scary to hear the
trees exploding like bombs

Going off and snapping.

It did feel like we were
driving through hell.

My panic was increasing
the deeper we got into the fire.

Pinn: Driving under
those circumstances

Requires a certain
level of calmness.

Panic wouldn't increase
the likelihood of surviving.

I'm actually an atheist,

But I was just praying
to whatever power

Might be greater than me
to, like, protect us

And help us somehow
get out of this.

Narrator: Dodging the
vicious flames at every turn,

The guys still have 2 miles
to go before reaching safety.

But then...

A burning tree
has fallen across the road,

Making it impossible to pass.

We were trapped, and there
was nothing we could do.

So this is it.

♪♪

Charlie's mind begins to race.

He comes up with an idea --

A dangerous one.

Abbott: Here's the terror.
Here's the doom.

Here is one of those
life-and-death decisions.

He wanted to get out
and move it.

Thankfully, justin talks
his dad out of it.

I was just grateful
that he stayed in the car.

With no way to move forward,

They quickly come up with a plan
to head back in reverse.

I was just focused
on the 10 feet or so

I could see behind the car

From the rear lights
through the smoke.

Things are extremely tense

As justin drives backwards
for two full minutes.

Finally do get to a point where
I can do a three-point turn.

And then we drove forward,
back to where we had started.

But it's clear the danger
is far from over.

They are trapped, and it's only
a matter of time

Before the fire reaches them.

But suddenly,
they hear a sound.

It's a boat!

Justin and charlie
rush down to the lake

And spot two
park employees onboard.

We were waving and yelling, and
they came in and picked us up.

And thank god they did.

I was real relieved when
they finally came out.

I thought,
"we're gonna be safe now."

As the boat
leaves the shore,

The men look back at the fire
that almost took their lives,

Although photos
of their abandoned car

Left in the woods say it all.

♪♪

It was the scariest thing
I've ever experienced.

I feel really lucky
to have survived.

This was definitely a miracle.
We were very blessed.

Don't take a day
for granted.

If you have something to do,
don't say you'll do it later

Because, god knows,
you may not have a later.

I think the car is heating up.
It's gonna explode.

[bleep].
Dad, we can't get out!

Coming up...

Man: The whole ground
is shaking!

...A monster-sized
wall of doom...

Go, go!

...Blasts through mount everest.

And raging winds howl
as ice chunks pelt the earth.

Will these men get crushed?

[ thunder cracks ]

♪♪

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Narrator: The himalayas.

Karakoram.

Hindu kush.

With elevations exceeding
25,000 feet, hikers dream

Of conquering the tallest
mountain ranges on earth.

However, scaling these
natural wonders is treacherous.

Hypothermia, lack of oxygen,

Or just one false step
could spell your doom.

But the most terrifying
of them all

Is the unstoppable beast...

Man: Whoa, whoa!
...Known as...

[bleep].

...An avalanche.

[ wind whistling ]

April 25, 2015.

Along the border
of nepal and china.

Mount everest --
the world's tallest

And one of the deadliest
mountains on earth

Has infamously claimed
hundreds of lives.

But that doesn't stop
german climber jost kobusch

From setting his sights
on reaching the top

Of an equally dangerous
neighboring peak.

Kobusch: I have been
to everest before,

But my goal
was the summit of lhotse,

The little brother of everest.

Route is identical up to 23,

And then it would turn into
a more difficult route.

[ speaking german ]

It was the big dream
since my childhood.

Jost has been living
at everest base camp

For the past three weeks,

Preparing for his momentous
climb up lhotse.

And he's relaxed the day
before the big trek.

It was a very normal,
beautiful day, bright sunshine,

Stable conditions,
I feel safe.

We were sitting down.
We had a second breakfast.

And suddenly,
the table started shaking.

Narrator:
And then a low rumble.

It's an earthquake,

Which, minutes earlier, rocked
the kathmandu valley of nepal

Just 150 miles away.

You could feel
a moving of waves.

[ rumbling ]

And the sound was like
little explosions.

You are in the heart
of something big,

And it's coming from everywhere.

Then suddenly, people
in front of me started to run.

♪♪

I turned around, and there was
this massive tsunami

Made out of ice.

Narrator: And it's headed
straight for the camp.

Whoa!

It's really like a
world-end scenario.

Like, "is this real?
Is it a dream?

Is it really happening?"

Delgado: You look at that
snow coming down.

It's terrifying.
This is not gonna end well.

There really is
a very short time

To try to get out
of an avalanche safely.

Kobusch: Go, go!

I was asking myself,
"does it even make a difference

If I run now?"

My autopilot kicked in,
sending surviving signals.

Run. Jump behind something.

Whoa!

And then I saw two of my friends
behind a tent,

So I just jumped there.

It was the quickest solution.

But of course,
being behind a tent,

It's not solid and not
behind a big rock.

It's just a tent.

[bleep]. [bleep].

[bleep].

[ loud rustling ]

[ breathing heavily ]

It was really painful,

Like a sewing machine
running through your face,

All these snow and ice particles
hitting you,

Pushed into your mouth,
into your lungs.

Like, it feels
like suffocating.

This thing is choking you.

I was trapped.

I couldn't move.

I thought, "okay, I'm probably
going to die now."

[ loud rustling ]

[ breathing heavily ]

I had a big down jacket on me.

We put our heads under this
jacket so that we could breathe.

Narrator: Jost and his fellow
mountaineers gasp for air

And brace themselves
for another avalanche.

Vagell: A lot of times, there
can be additional avalanches.

So that's what makes this
just so scary and unnerving

Is have you escaped the worst?

As jost anxiously awaits

Another possible
barrage of snow,

The horror sets in.

Remnants of the camp
are scattered everywhere.

A grisly scene of destruction,
as if a bomb exploded.

We were lucky because
we never went inside the tent.

We were just behind the tent.

And everything else around us
was flattened.

Just the tent we picked
somehow was the right one.

I would say the training I did,

The experience I had combined
with my instinct

Provided the right solution
to the situation.

[ breathing heavily ]

Aten: From a scientific
perspective,

His instincts took over,

Which tells me that
the cortex shut down.

Pure instinct and physiology

Were taking over,
pushing him to safety.

♪♪

Narrator:
But others were not so lucky.

Abbott: Some of the people
who went into tents,

They were lifted into the air
and dropped and were killed.

[ kobusch exhales ]

Kobusch: The camp in front of us
was completely destroyed.

18 people died in that moment
the avalanche hit.

And four more people would die
from their injuries overnight.

That was pretty tough. That's
how serious the situation was.

Narrator: But as sad and
traumatic as the experience was,

To many adventure climbers,

Making it to the top
of the world's highest peaks

Is a religious experience,

So most know and accept
the risks of death.

But for jost, it's only
strengthened his bold spirit.

Kobusch:
When the avalanche hit,

It was just enough time
to think,

"[bleep], I'm going to die."

Whoa!

That's why surviving
was like a rebirth.

I chose to become
a professional mountaineer.

It really showed me what I
wanted to do in life.

It was a situation um,
[exhales] I'll never forget.

Whoa! Whoa!

♪♪

Coming up, watch mother nature
turn a joyous celebration...

...Into sheer armageddon.

And...

...Creatures of the night
take over a small town.

Woman:
They're coming to get us.

[ thunder cracks ]

♪♪

Narrator: They're some of
the most powerful

And deadliest weather systems
on the planet.

A vicious concoction
of fierce winds,

Violent waves,
and merciless rain.

In north america,
they're called hurricanes.

In the south pacific
and indian ocean,

They're cyclones.

But in the northwest
pacific ocean,

They're known as typhoons.

And if one is headed your way,
for god's sake,

Heed old warnings
and get out of its path.

Whoa!

[ wind whistling ]

September 14, 2018.

Marikina in the philippines

On the northern ireland
of luzon,

Just outside manila.

Jennifer barobaro
and randy manaois

Have spent the past year
planning their dream wedding

And are eager
to finally tie the knot.

[ interpreter speaking ]

[ interpreter speaking ]

The couple is expecting
100 guests,

With some traveling
several hours

From other provinces to witness
the heartwarming ceremony.

♪♪

But early in the week
leading up to the celebration,

The couple gets unsettling news.

[ thunder cracks ]

Reports of a super typhoon
in the pacific ocean.

And it's headed their way.

Vagell: Once you hit
150-mile-an-hour winds,

That's a super typhoon.

And this was equivalent
to a category 5 hurricane,

Which is the highest category.

It could be
hundreds of miles wide

With winds strong enough
to destroy buildings,

To flip vehicles,
causing flooding.

That's why super typhoons
are just so devastating.

Narrator: Luckily, forecasters
are predicting typhoon mangkhut

Will make landfall the morning
after the scheduled nuptials.

And so the couple decides to
move ahead with the big event.

At 4:00 p.M., standing before
their family and friends,

Jennifer and randy

Are officially married
in the church.

And the weather outside
seems fine.

By 5:30 that evening,

The reception is in full swing
as the newlyweds

Hit the dance floor
to greet their guests.

And then suddenly...

[ glass shatters ]

...A huge crash.

Unbeknownst to the couple
and their guests,

Super typhoon mangkhut is
rapidly approaching the island,

And because
of its gargantuan size,

Spanning 600 miles,

Its lethal impact is felt even
before it explodes onto land.

[ rain pattering,
glass shatters ]

[ glass shatters ]

Then...

...Darkness.

[ indistinct shouting ]

Abbott: You've gone from the
happiness of a wedding

To a doomsday-type scenario

Where forces from outside
have taken over

And totally controlling
your environment.

[ thunder cracks ]

Narrator:
In the midst of the chaos,

Randy knows he must think fast.

Abbott: The rule is this.

Run from the water.
Hide from the wind.

Please evacuate.

Please get yourself to a place
where the water won't reach you

And you're shielded
or protected from the winds.

Narrator: Guests take refuge at
the church across the street,

While some frantically
flee home.

About a half hour later,

Things finally settle down
and somehow,

Randy, jen, and all 100
attendees avoid harm.

This couple, they won the
lottery if you ask me.

[ screaming ]

They're thinking, "if we got
through this typhoon,

Then how difficult can the rest
of our marriage be?"

Narrator: The damage inflicted
to the area is astounding.

And when news of the
wedding-turned-disaster spreads,

Randy and jennifer are met
with an outpouring of support.

Several donations are made.

Even the local mayor helps fund

A second-chance reception
for the couple.

But most importantly,

There wasn't an uninvited guest
to crash the party.

Delgado:
They always say that rain

On a wedding
is supposed to be good.

But not a typhoon.

Oh, my god!

[ screaming ]

Narrator: Coming up...

Man: No, no, no!

...A severe supercell...

Man #2: Oh, my god!

...Targets the innocent.

Oh, it's a deer.
Oh, my god!

It's a deer.

And...

[ electricity cracking ]

High voltage...

From hell.

[ thunder cracks ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: A hailstorm
can be relentless.

Chunks of tennis-ball-sized ice

Plummet from the sky
at alarming speeds.

But there's one exceptional
type of storm

That combines these monster
hailstones with breakneck winds,

Even tornadoes.

And if the conditions
are just right,

It can last for hours,
inflicting extensive damage.

Man: Oh, it got
the windshield!

Welcome...

No, no, no!

...To the supercell.

♪♪

June 21, 2015.

Plevna, montana.

Severe thunderstorms
are forecasted to hit the area

By mid-afternoon.

For most people,

That's reason enough to
hunker down safely indoors.

But for storm chasers
brendan lawrence

And matt hanvold,

Experiencing mother nature's
wrath firsthand

Is not only a passion,
they feel it's their civic duty.

Our mission is to raise
awareness about the severity

That montana's
weather can reach.

So we gather
a lot of footage

To help make that relevant
to people by showing,

"hey, this happened
right next door to you."

If a storm did drop a tornado
out in rural montana,

We'd probably be some of
the first people to see it.

So we try to keep an eye
on the storms

For the
national weather service.

As the day unfolds,

The harsh weather predictions

Are now becoming
more of a reality.

Well, right as it was passing by
my hometown here in mile city,

It got to be a pretty
significant thunderstorm.

[ beeping ]

[ thunder crashes ]

So we just got on the highway
and went after it.

But all the incoming data
points to this

Being the most severe type
of thunderstorm,

A supercell, which makes
brendan and matt's mission

Infinitely more dangerous.

Abbott: There's an
interesting structure

To these supercell
thunderstorms.

They're so huge that the winds
actually put a tilt into them.

A supercell can last
anywhere from a couple hours

To 12 hours, easily.

And you get just this
horrendous amount of damage.

They're the ones that
typically are the killers.

Narrator: After pinpointing
the perfect location

To intercept the storm,
the guys pull over.

And then it begins.

[ rain pattering, hail thuds ]

It started out very small,
you know,

About dimes and nickels
falling out of the sky.

Then it was about
ping-pong balls

Bouncing around
in the grass.

And then the hail kept
getting a little bigger.

Vagell: When hail gets
bigger and bigger,

Tennis-ball-sized,
baseball-sized, that's scary.

As a storm chaser, not only am I
worried about my vehicle,

But my own life,

And my first instinct is
to get out of the way.

Narrator: But the hail
is getting too big, too fast.

Brendan and matt
can't turn back now

Because they're trapped,

Forced to ride out
the next phase of the supercell

Inside their car.

[ hail clattering ]

It started picking up and up,
and it just wouldn't stop.

It was the most intense wind
to date that we've experienced.

It was like, "is this
gonna keep going

And blow us off the planet?

The mighty winds
continue to batter the car

While solid chunks of hail
smash down on them.

And then...

With the windshield
now cracked,

Brendan and matt
go from nervous to petrified.

The first thing that
went through my mind was,

"is it gonna hold?"

This could bust right through
the windshield and take us.

We were grabbing
for our helmets.

There's large stones that can
hit you in the head, you know.

They can certainly
kill you.

Martin: Even for
professional storm chasers,

This kind of terrifying storm
is a reminder of our need

For humility before nature
and before god.

It's frightening.

We were sitting with
this little piece of glass

In front of our faces, and
we're watching it crack away.

So it's pretty intense.

As the thin layer of glass
protecting brendan and matt

Continues to crumble,

Something unexpected
suddenly appears.

This is an antelope calf.
It was being beaten down.

You could barely breathe.

It looked like
it was just struggling

In every way it could be.

Delgado:
All you want to do is go out
and help the baby antelope.

You're like, "where's its mom?"
it's got nowhere to shelter.

Cano: You're thinking,
"okay, if the damage to the car

Is any indication
of how strong this storm is,

That calf is gonna die."

I felt compelled to
go out there and get it,

Even as the hailstones
were still falling.

Narrator: Matt runs
to the calf's rescue

With the large balls of ice
now pummeling him.

But he's determined
to save the antelope

From the brutal storm.

♪♪

♪♪

All three of us sat in
the cab of the vehicle

Absorbing what just happened,

Looking at each other like,
"is this for real?"

♪♪

I wasn't afraid the calf
was gonna do anything.

It was such an adrenaline rush
that my survival instincts

Were kind of heightened
in that moment.

After a few more minutes,

The storm finally shows
signs of weakening.

And we realized that
we better put it back out

Now that the hail's subsided.

Delgado: It was sort of
a disney ending.

The baby antelope was saved
by the storm chasers.

It was walking fine,
and that was pretty amazing.

Resilient little animal,
for sure.

Narrator:
With the antelope recovered

And brendan and matt
escaping with their lives,

The two are still in awe of what
they witnessed and survived.

We were uninjured,
which is pretty lucky.

We weren't a casualty of what
we were trying to document.

Whoa!

That one kind of
caught us off guard.

It's the most unique storm
we've chased because it gave us

Almost every piece
of the pie that day.

It had some surprises
in store

That made this definitely
a very memorable case.

No, no, no!

Oh, crap.
We're losing it.

Coming up,
screeching bats invade.

And an entire town is in danger.

[ bats screeching ]

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: Bats.

Mysterious, fanged
creatures of darkness

That conjure images of horror's
most gruesome characters --

Blood-sucking vampires.
[ woman screams ]

Just a single bat
flapping in the sky

Is enough to make some people
run out of sheer terror.

[ woman screams ]

So what if you saw thousands
and thousands of bats up above?

Man: They are
literally swarming.

This living nightmare
might make you wonder...

Woman: Oh, my god.

..."are they coming for me?"

[ wings flapping ]

January 24, 2020.

Ingham, australia,

A small town in the scenic state
of queensland.

Lately, there's a rash
of unwanted visitors --

A monster swarm of bats,

Roughly 300,000 of them,
that have taken over the town.

And the humans are
vastly outnumbered.

Local resident nicole arnold
has been enduring firsthand

This disturbing transformation
from quiet neighborhood

Into bat-infested wasteland.

We moved here in 2009.

When we arrived here,
I don't recall bats.

I'd say the end of 2019,
they started to get pretty bad.

But it wasn't until early 2020

That it was
of plague proportions.

You could just look up at
the sky, and it was just black.

As far as the eye could see,
they were everywhere.

Delgado: I mean, this is an
invasion of the worst kind.

When you're talking about bats,
it's called,

"I'm staying in my house

And I'm not coming outside
until you're all gone."

Arnold:
It was about 7:00 at night,

And I'd say that was the
worst week of the bat plague.

You just could not
believe your eyes.

There had to be
hundreds of thousands,

Like a tornado had just
swept up all these bats.

Just squealing, noises,
screeching.

And they're not little,
either, these bats.

They're huge!

I was blown away,
absolutely gobsmacked.

Cano: To the average person
seeing this, they might think,

"oh, no, something bad is about
to happen or something bad

Is happening right now."

Aten: If you look back
into ancient times,

Early people had
superstitions around bats.

In fact, there were some
cultures where they actually

Thought bats were witches
or evil spirits.

Martin: And there's this
connection with dracula

And vampires
and blood and death.

And so to have them all
together is pretty overwhelming.

Arnold: The stench that
these bats gave off.

You couldn't open
your windows up

Because the stench
would just wash through.

Phoenix: Their feces are
actually really caustic,

So you need to go hose
your car down right away,

Otherwise it eats
through the paint.

Narrator: But why are these
vile creatures,

Better known as flying foxes,
here in the first place?

Abbott: These are fruit bats.

What they want is nectar,
pollen, fruit.

They're the ones
that pollinate the plants,

Spread the seeds,
and the rest of the plants

And the animals
are dependent upon those bats.

Narrator: And when that
population exploded

Due to multiple species
mating out of control,

The web-winged beast began to
wreak havoc throughout this

Once-peaceful town.

Arnold: They started to move
into the trees behind

The ingham state school.

Because their colony got so big,

The parents were refusing to
send their kids back to school.

They also played havoc
with the rescue chopper.

Narrator: And just like those
vampires from the movies,

These bats do pose a legitimate
threat to humans --

The spread of a potentially
lethal disease.

Phoenix:
In the us, it's rabies.

But in australia,
the concern is lyssavirus.

Lyssavirus, which is carried by
these flying foxes in australia,

Can be fatal if it's transmitted
via a scratch or a bite.

And the actual treatment
is a series of injections.

Narrator: To prevent the
terrified residents

From falling prey
to the dangerous critters,

Local ingham officials
take action.

The council started off
banging and clanging

Metal bits together,

And even some of the residents
would be out banging

To scare them off to stop them
roosting in the trees.

Narrator: But the harsh tone of
banging metal isn't enough.

So experts are brought in
to detonate pyrotechnics

That will hopefully scare
the bats off once and for all.

[ explosions ]

It was like fireworks but
without the pretty light show.

And it worked.

I'm not 100 percent sure
where they are now,

But I believe they're
out of town.

Narrator:
The bats may be gone for now,

But their rampage
will never be forgotten.

Martin: I could certainly see
how someone would think

That a bat-nado is
kind of the end of the world.

It's pretty terrifying.

Narrator: Coming up,
intense bolts of death...

[ electricity cracking ]

...Strike down with fury.

[bleep]. [bleep].

[ thunder cracks ]

♪♪

♪♪

[ thunder crashes ]

Narrator: Lightning --
one of the deadliest

And most mysterious
weather phenomenon known to man.

[ man screams ]

Millions of volts of electricity
jolt through the sky,

Heating the surrounding air
by up to 60,000 degrees.

The odds of being struck
by lightning...

[ electricity buzzes ]

...Are just one in 3,000
over the course of a lifetime,

And it often equates
to instant death.

[ woman screams ]

So if a bolt of it
comes near you,

Run for cover...

[ electricity cracking ]

...Or else.

[ thunder rumbling ]

August 11, 2017.

Mansfield, canada,
in the province of quebec.

A threatening storm system
is moving into the region.

While working
at bryson lake lodge,

A young man and his coworkers
take shelter indoors in order

To avoid potentially
dangerous conditions.

The guys set up a camera
hoping to capture

Whatever mother nature
may throw their way.

Right behind them
is their boss,

Who's making his way
to a cabin next door.

[ thunder rumbles ]

Thunder rumbles ominously
in the distance.

And just seconds later...

[ crashing ]

[bleep].

[ man screaming ]

[bleep].

Delgado: This was incredible.

I mean, talk about
knock-your-socks-off video.

This was crazy.

[bleep].

[ man screams ]

Cano: Watching this was like
watching a horror movie.

I knew the jump was coming,

And yet when it happened,
I still jumped out of my seat.

[bleep].

Pinn:
What caught my attention

Was just the way
it destroyed that tree.

It's a tremendous amount
of power,

And it produces a sense
of awe and wonder.

If there's one thing lightning
likes, it's tall things.

Whatever sticks up
the most above the ground

Is the thing that's most likely
to get hurt.

Their boss pokes his head
back out of the door

Like, "what just happened?"

And, you know, I mean,
he could have been obliterated

Because lightning can kill you.

Lightning bolts bring death.

In the us, the 30-year average
of deaths is 41 people a year.

Phoenix: You're not equipped to
absorb that much electricity.

If you amplify sticking a fork
in a light socket by millions,

That's sort of the effect
of lightning on the human body.

Narrator: Its most
frightening element?

Unpredictability.

Cano: We can scientifically
explain why lightning occurs,

But we still don't know exactly
when it will appear

And how intense it'll be.

Sometimes, lightning can strike
several miles away from a storm,

And that's what really
makes it dangerous.

Narrator: And it's
that type of danger,

Along with its
sheer intensity...

[ electricity cracking ]

...That humans have feared
about lightning

Since the dawn of time.

Pinn: Within the biblical
narrative, god's use of thunder

And lightning often revolves
around negative scenarios,

God needing to get
folks' attention in order

To make a profound statement
or to demonstrate god's power

When it's being
brought into question.

Cano: Now, in today's
modern world,

We are still those
scared creatures

Looking up at the sky,
wondering,

"is lightning going to strike?"

[ electricity cracking ]

[ crashing ]

[ screaming ]

Narrator:
So, doomsday has arrived.

What would you do if you were
trapped in a boiling inferno...

Justin:
Dad, we can't get out!

...Chased by a colossal
wall of snow...

Kobusch: Whoa! Whoa!

...Caught in the clutches
of a supercell...

Hanvold: Oh, crap.
We're losing it.

Lawrence: No, no, no!

...Or terrorized by a typhoon?

[ glass shatters, screaming ]

Just hope and pray...

Man: Damn!

...You live to tell about it.

Justin:
We can't get out!

[ fire crackling ]


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