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Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse

Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse

Episode number: 1

Overview: Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway are cut off from the outside world after a storm causes a bridge to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline

Island Observatory Failure

Island Observatory Failure

Episode number: 2

Overview: An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.

Tower Crane Calamity

Tower Crane Calamity

Episode number: 3

Overview: A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.

The Fern Hollow Fiasco

The Fern Hollow Fiasco

Episode number: 4

Overview: A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.

Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

Episode number: 5

Overview: An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.

Art School Inferno

Art School Inferno

Episode number: 6

Overview: A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.

Gas Leak Catastrophe

Gas Leak Catastrophe

Episode number: 7

Overview: Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.

The Bronx Sinkhole

The Bronx Sinkhole

Episode number: 8

Overview: A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.

Shopping Center Tragedy

Shopping Center Tragedy

Episode number: 9

Overview: Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.

Chemical Plant Calamity

Chemical Plant Calamity

Episode number: 10

Overview: An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.