Earth's Fury
| Earth's Fury | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Anatomy of Disaster (outside the United States) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Various |
| Narrated by | Michael Bell |
| Theme music composer | Deon Vozov |
| Composers | Jeffrey Gould Christopher Rife |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Gary R. Benz |
| Producer | Kathleen Phelan |
| Running time | 40-50 minutes |
| Production company | GRB Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Learning Channel |
| Release | February 24, 1997 – November 17, 1998 |
| Related | |
| Anatomy of a Disaster | |
Earth's Fury (also known as Anatomy of Disaster outside the United States[1]) is an American documentary television series that ran on The Learning Channel from February 24, 1997 to November 17, 1998.
Produced by GRB Entertainment, each episode examines natural disasters and the science of the natural phenomena such as earthquakes, forest fires, tornadoes, hailstorms, hurricanes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, floods and landslides.
All episodes of the series are narrated by voice actor Michael Bell.
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 7 | February 24, 1997 | May 1, 1997 | |
| 2 | 6 | September 29, 1998 | November 17, 1998 | |
Season 1 (1997)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Firestorms" | February 24, 1997 | 101 |
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Examine wildfires. Wildfires featured in this episode include the Yellowstone fires of 1988, Oakland firestorm of 1991, 1993 Malibu, California wildfire, 1961 Bel-Air fire and Storm King Mountain (1994) wildfires. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Superstorms" | February 26, 1997 | 102 |
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Examines storms caused by supercell thunderstorms include tornadoes, microburst, lightning and hailstorms, Storms featured in this episode include the 1991 Andover, Kansas tornado, 1990 Denver hailstorm, 1995 Pampa, Texas tornado, Cass County, Minnesota tornado in 1991 and the crash of the Delta Air Lines Flight 191. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Earthquake!" | February 25, 1997 | 103 |
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Examines earthquakes, earthquakes featured in this episode include the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 1995 Kobe earthquake, 1994 Northridge earthquake, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and 1976 Tangshan earthquake. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Volcano" | April 30, 1997 | 104 |
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Examines volcanoes and lahars, volcanic eruptions covered in this episode include the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1973 Eldfell eruption in Iceland, Armero tragedy in Colombia, eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa in Hawaii. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Urban Infernos" | April 28, 1997 | 105 |
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Examines structure fires, oil spills and fires caused by riots, fires featured in this episode include the Happy Land fire, Cocoanut Grove fire, Paxton Hotel fire in Chicago, Texas City explosion, Kuwaiti oil fires during the Gulf War and fires during the 1992 Los Angeles riots | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Hurricane Force" | April 29, 1997 | 106 |
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Examines tropical cyclones (called hurricanes and typhoons), tropical cyclones featured in this episode include Hurricane Hugo, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Fran, Hurricane Camille, the 1900 Galveston hurricane, Hurricane Iniki and the 1970 Bhola cyclone. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Flood Path" | May 1, 1997 | 107 |
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Examines floods and flash floods, floods covered in this episode include the Great Flood of 1993, the collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho in 1976, 1996-97 Western United States floods, 1996 Quebec floods and floods in the Guadalupe River in 1987. | ||||
Season 2 (1998)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "El Niño: Climate Chaos" | November 16, 1998 | 201 |
| 9 | 2 | "Slide!" | October 2, 1998 | 202 |
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Examines landslides and avalanches, | ||||
| 10 | 3 | "Raging Rivers" | November 17, 1998 | 203 |
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Examines flash floods for the second time. | ||||
| 11 | 4 | "Super Fire" | September 29, 1998 | 204 |
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Examines wildfires for the second time. | ||||
| 12 | 5 | "Ferocious Oceans" | September 30, 1998 | 205 |
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Examines ship sinking caused by rogue waves. | ||||
| 13 | 6 | "Colliding Continents" | October 1, 1998 | 206 |
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Explains magma eruptions of Mount Etna, Mount Ruapehu, 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake and lahars from Mount Pinatubo in Bacolor, Pampanga. | ||||
Broadcast history
[edit]The show was first shown on The Learning Channel in the United States from February 24, 1997 until November 17, 1998.
Some episodes of the show was shown in reruns on The Weather Channel (via the Storm Week series of television specials about weather phenomena, the Earthquake! episode was later shown as an episode of Storm Stories in 2006) in 2005 and the Fox Reality Channel in the United States from 2008 until 2009.[2][3]
In Europe, the show was shown on Reality TV (now known as CBS Reality) from 2001 until 2005.[4]
International versions
[edit]On August 22, 2010, a version of the show titled Anatomy of a Disaster that is hosted by actor Richard Gutierrez, began airing on GMA Network, a Philippine television channel and lasted until November 6, 2011.[5][6]
Streaming release
[edit]As of 2024[update], the show is made available for streaming online on the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) and advertiser-suppotted video-on-demand (AVOD) streaming services Amazon Freevee and its sister SVOD service, Amazon Prime Video, Pluto TV (both with an original English version provided by FilmRise in the United States and in Latin America with a Spanish dub), The Roku Channel, Vix (also dubbed in Spanish under the title Anatomia del Desastre) and Tubi (replaced with a version provided by FilmRise, who acquired the digital distribution rights to several GRB Studios shows, but in the correct original 4:3 standard-definition aspect ratio with the show's closing credits omitted in favor of the GRB Studios and FilmRise production logos, starting in May 2023.)[7][8][9][10][11][12]
On December 20, 2016, GRB Entertainment launched a channel dedicated to the show and posted its thirteen episodes on YouTube, but the aspect ratio on the YouTube releases of the first season of the show is in letterboxed version.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". GRB Studios. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ Storm Week 2005: Supercell. The Weather Channel. January 2005. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". Fox Reality Channel. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ "Our programmes - A". Reality TV. Archived from the original on August 2, 2003. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ "Stories of survival in "Anatomy of a Disaster"". The Philippine Star. August 21, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ "Richard unravels typhoons in Anatomy of a Disaster". The Philippine Star. November 5, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ "Anatomy of Disaster (Latin America)". Pluto TV. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Anatomy of Disaster (United States)". Pluto TV. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Ver Anatomia del Desastre". Vix (in Spanish). Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "Watch Anatomy of Disaster". Tubi. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". Prime Video. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Earth's Fury Season 1 Episodes Streaming Online for Free". The Roku Channel. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". YouTube. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
External links
[edit]- 1990s American documentary television series
- 1997 American television series debuts
- 1998 American television series endings
- TLC (TV network) original programming
- Disaster television series
- Television series by GRB Entertainment
- American English-language television shows
- Documentary films about natural disasters