Savage Earth (Waves of Destruction / Out of the Inferno / Restless Planet / Hell's Crust)
In the last 500 years, nearly 300 million people have perished in earthquakes. Time and again, volcanic eruptions have destroyed cities, regions, and even entire countries. From the legendary fury of Mt. Vesuvius to the devastating convulsions of Kobe, Japan, Savage Earth tells the stories of these great natural disasters, the scientists who struggle to understand and predict them, and the people whose lives are forever changed by their merciless force.WAVES of DESTRUCTIONLearn about the phenomenon called tsunami massive earthquake beneath the ocean¹s surface that triggers a series of savage waves.RESTLESS PLANETTravel to California, Mexico and Japan in an effort to understand how earthquakes behave and to assess the risks for people living in areas where quakes are likely to strike.INFERNOFrom the vast, swirling mudflows that sweep down from melted mountain glaciers to the boiling pyroclastic ash-clouds that choked the life from ancient Pompeii, examine the terrifying and often unpredictable variety of a volcano¹s moods.HELL'S CRUSTFrom Iceland to Hawaii, from Italy to Indonesia, view the planet¹s geothermal fury from the eyes of those who have witnessed it up close. Learn the terrifying story of two campers who were caught in the midst of one of the century¹s most destructive natural disasters the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.