Earth's Fury

Earth's Fury
Also known asAnatomy of Disaster (outside the United States)
GenreDocumentary
Written byVarious
Narrated byMichael Bell
Theme music composerDeon Vozov
ComposersJeffrey Gould
Christopher Rife
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerGary R. Benz
ProducerKathleen Phelan
Running time40-50 minutes
Production companyGRB Entertainment
Original release
NetworkThe Learning Channel
ReleaseFebruary 24, 1997 (1997-02-24) –
November 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)
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

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
17February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)May 1, 1997 (1997-05-01)
26September 29, 1998 (1998-09-29)November 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)

Season 1 (1997)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Firestorms"February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24)101
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.
22"Superstorms"February 26, 1997 (1997-02-26)102
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.
33"Earthquake!"February 25, 1997 (1997-02-25)103
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.
44"Volcano"April 30, 1997 (1997-04-30)104
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.
55"Urban Infernos"April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)105
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
66"Hurricane Force"April 29, 1997 (1997-04-29)106
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.
77"Flood Path"May 1, 1997 (1997-05-01)107
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)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateProd.
code
81"El Niño: Climate Chaos"November 16, 1998 (1998-11-16)201
El Niño explained, and the 1997-98 El Niño event and the 1982–83 El Niño event featured.
92"Slide!"October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)202
Examines landslides and avalanches,
103"Raging Rivers"November 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)203
Examines flash floods for the second time.
114"Super Fire"September 29, 1998 (1998-09-29)204
Examines wildfires for the second time.
125"Ferocious Oceans"September 30, 1998 (1998-09-30)205
Examines ship sinking caused by rogue waves.
136"Colliding Continents"October 1, 1998 (1998-10-01)206
Explains magma eruptions of Mount Etna, Mount Ruapehu, 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake and lahars from Mount Pinatubo in Bacolor, Pampanga.

Broadcast history

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

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

As of 2024, 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

  1. ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". GRB Studios. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Storm Week 2005: Supercell. The Weather Channel. January 2005. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". Fox Reality Channel. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Our programmes - A". Reality TV. Archived from the original on August 2, 2003. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Stories of survival in "Anatomy of a Disaster"". The Philippine Star. August 21, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Richard unravels typhoons in Anatomy of a Disaster". The Philippine Star. November 5, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Anatomy of Disaster (Latin America)". Pluto TV. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Anatomy of Disaster (United States)". Pluto TV. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "Ver Anatomia del Desastre". Vix (in Spanish). Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  10. ^ "Watch Anatomy of Disaster". Tubi. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". Prime Video. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Earth's Fury Season 1 Episodes Streaming Online for Free". The Roku Channel. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "Anatomy of Disaster". YouTube. Retrieved October 11, 2021.