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
EP2 Island Observatory FailureOct 25, 2023
An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
EP3 Tower Crane CalamityNov 01, 2023
A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
EP4 The Fern Hollow FiascoNov 08, 2023
A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
EP5 Nebraska Bomb CycloneNov 15, 2023
An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
EP6 Art School InfernoNov 22, 2023
A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
EP7 Gas Leak CatastropheNov 29, 2023
Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
EP8 The Bronx SinkholeDec 06, 2023
A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
EP9 Shopping Center TragedyDec 13, 2023
Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
EP10 Chemical Plant CalamityDec 20, 2023
An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.
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Synopsis
From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolutions to get things back on track.