State of Emergency

This award-winning series explores America's most devastating natural disasters through survivors' stories, expert insights, and stunning visuals - highlighting community resilience, systemic failures, and urgent lessons for the future.

A tornado doesn't discriminate who ends up in its path. It leaves a scar in communities, but it also leaves a scar in its victims.

Wildfires are becoming an ever more present threat and forcing communities in the West to learn to live with them. But is it possible for people and fire to coexist?

Flooding is reshaping life in rural America. Unprecedented events are catching farmers and small towns unprepared. Communities built around the water are now losing their livelihood and history to it.