National Geographic - Witness Disaster (2012) Part 2 Tornado Swarm 2011

National Geographic presents dramatic images and stories and takes you to the front-line to witness some of the worst natural disasters around the world. Eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen footage reveal the devastation and tragedy caused by deadly earthquake and tsunami, and see what happens inside the heart of a whirling tornado. 'Witness Disaster' uses a range of footage to capture natural disasters as they happen. We use amateur footage, photographs, news reports, raw documentary shots and CCTV footage to piece together the story of each event in a unique and compelling style. Our footage is supported by interviews with those who actually experienced the disaster. They tell the story of what happened, as it happened, from a first hand perspective. These interviews, alongside the footage, allow the viewer to be drawn into the event and gauge what it was like to actually experience it. We use very limited narration, so our stories are told purely through the film that we have gathered and the voice of our interviewees.

Part 2 Tornado Swarm 2011

April 2011 was the most violent month of tornadoes on record, and the deadliest in modern times. From Texas to New York, more than 700 tornadoes caused widespread damage and loss of life. The “super outbreak” of April 26-28 alone involved over three hundred separate twisters, killing hundreds of people and cutting a swath of destruction across the south. Using dozens of amateur and professional sources, Witness Tornado Swarm 2011 tells the story of this once-in-a-century event, as captured by those who lived through it. The show takes viewers to Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina as a powerful tornado tears though the campus; inside St. Louis' Lambert International Airport, where a large tornado slams into its busy concourses while unsuspecting travelers await their flights; and finally to Alabama, where a monstrous, half-mile wide twister barrels through the city of Tuscaloosa, killing 65 and causing an estimated S100 million in damage. Constructed entirely out of raw footage, Witness Tornado Swarm 2011 is a harrowing reminder of the awesome power of nature's fury.

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