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Power Struggle
In Indonesia—the deadliest aviation market in the world—a Boeing 737 spirals out of the sky and nosedives into the Java Sea.
Weather Stunt: Hunting Cat
Hurricanes, typhoons and major storms reach their maximum power at sea, and during that peak power thousands of marine workers...
Danger Ahead
The sea is unpredictable. Critical decisions made in the face of danger make all the difference. What sank the ocean liner...
Drain The Ocean: Great Barrier Reef
The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for...
Built For Destruction
Built For Destruction
Iceland Volcano Eruption
Iceland Volcano Eruption
Doomsday Preppers
NatGeo's Top 10 Photos
Nazi Underworld
Nazi Underworld
Epidemics
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Fire
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Volcanoes
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Wild Wind
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Geological Disasters
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Witness to Disaster
Eyewitness; compelling stories of disaster, told through the eyes of those who were there. A Mine Collapses in Chile,...
IWO JIMA
During World War Two, The Battle of Iwo Jima was a brutal and unforgiving fight to the death - resulting in the highest...
Turning Point
Headed for South Korea's Gimhae International Airport, a Boeing 767 crashes into a hillside several miles from the runway. As...
Hindenburg: The New Evidence
Shot by amateur photographer Harold Schenck and never seen by government investigators in 1937, Hindenburg has remained...
Earth Day
See how human advancements and modernisation is taking a toll on our nature's balance. Realise how earth is grappling with...
Jane GoodAll: Saving Paradise
Access details on Nat Geo's inspiring eco-programming.