searched july 7. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday. man: oh, my god. man: this is in our backyard, and it is happening right now. you can hear the wind just howling. man 1: whoa! man 2: whoa! man 1: whoa! man: this is hundred-mile-an-hour-plus winds that we were experiencing for hours. we re seeing fort myers beach getting inundated. we re seeing all of these places that we love now underwater. welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. in the field of meteorology, there is no season more anticipated or feared than the atlantic hurricane season. every year, from june 1 to the end of november, millions find themselves in the crosshairs of these massive and often deadly storms. their strength and their direction hinge on complex ocean and atmospheric interactions. according to nasa, because of rising sea temperatures, we re seeing more hurricanes in the atlantic growing to category 3, category 4, or category 5 than compared to 40 years ago. in 202
go to cnn.com/violentearth. i m liev schreiber. thanks for watching. good night. storm chaser: take that shed. narrator: it s hard to imagine the power of mother nature. storm chaser: watch behind her, scotty. narrator: even if you re in a shelter, even if you re exactly where you re supposed to be during a tornado. for those one, two, three minutes when everything is falling apart around you, it s chaos. storm chaser: that is one of the [indistinct] tornado. storm chaser: oh my god. back up. narrator: and you re just at the mercy of mother nature. it really is a terrifying experience to go through. storm chaser: run it back oh, that s a trailer house. [theme music] welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. 2023 set an all time record for weather and climate related disasters in the us. 28 events with losses over $1 billion. wildfires, hurricanes, and floods are more frequent than ever. the earth is changing. tonight, we delve into one of the most powerful natural hazard
learn more about these fascinating creatures students is shark week on discovery, which is also owned by cnn s parent company, wbd. it searched july seventh. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday you can hear the wind just howling. man 1: whoa! man 2: whoa! man 1: whoa! man: this is hundred-mile-an-hour-plus winds that we were experiencing for hours. we re seeing fort myers beach getting inundated. we re seeing all of these places that we love now underwater. welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. in the field of meteorology, there is no season more anticipated or feared than the atlantic hurricane season. every year, from june 1 to the end of november, millions find themselves in the crosshairs of these massive and often deadly storms. their strength and their direction hinge on complex ocean and atmospheric interactions. according to nasa, because of rising sea temperatures, we re seeing more hurricanes in the atlantic growing to category 3,
it from happening again. for more information on what you can do in a hurricane and how to help combat the growing climate crisis, please go to cnn.com/violentearth. i m liev schreiber. thanks for watching. good night. [siren blaring] police officer: i need traffic stopped, southbound 10. steve pyne: fire has been on earth as long as plants have been on land. police officer: follow me! follow me! steve pyne: but we get a big shift when a species arrives who can start fire at will. police officer: go, go, go, go! go south! steve pyne: i think humans have been changing the earth for a long time. police officer: come down this way! come down this way! steve pyne: we ve lost the ability to understand how fire works and how it can be used to our advantage. police officer: [indistinct] the fire has jumped the road. this is bad. steve pyne: we ve mismanaged fire. now we get fires that are really off the scale, shouldn t be here, shouldn t be behaving in this way. and now we re left
for more information on what you can do in a wildfire and how to combat the growing climate crisis, please go to cnn.com/violentearth. i m liev schreiber. thanks for watching. good night. storm chaser: take that shed. narrator: it s hard to imagine the power of mother nature. storm chaser: watch behind her, scotty. narrator: even if you re in a shelter, even if you re exactly where you re supposed to be during a tornado. for those one, two, three minutes when everything is falling apart around you, it s chaos. storm chaser: that is one of the [indistinct] tornado. storm chaser: oh my god. back up. narrator: and you re just at the mercy of mother nature. it really is a terrifying experience to go through. storm chaser: run it back oh, that s a trailer house. [theme music] welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. 2023 set an all time record for weather and climate related disasters in the us. 28 events with losses over $1 billion. wildfires, hurricanes, and floods are mor