Deadline to Disaster

Category 4 Hurricane Laura batters Cameron, La.; its wicked winds and torrential rains reach inland to Lake Charles, La.; residents take cover as their windows break, the power goes out, and storm surge takes over.

On Aug. 10, 2020, hurricane-force winds blast through Iowa battering the city of Cedar Rapids; this rare Derecho packing powerful straight line winds takes the city by surprise and leaves behind a trail of destruction.

In 1991, Andover, Kan., is slammed by a deadly F5 tornado; 31 years later, another powerful twister wrecks the town again.

On the day after Christmas in 2015, 13 tornadoes hit the Dallas area; as a tornado rips through more populated areas, families that were hunkered down emerge to see their neighborhoods; amateur storm trackers go house to house hoping to help victims.

A tornado outbreak erupts over central Iowa on July 19, 2018; after an EF3 tornado makes a direct hit on a heavy equipment plant filled with hundreds of workers and guests, another EF3 twister tears directly down Marshalltown's main street.

On March 3, 2020, a supercell makes its way across Kentucky and sets its sights on Tennessee; that night, 10 tornadoes ranging from EF0 to EF4 touched down in Tennessee, leaving approximately $1.6 billion in damage and taking 25 lives.

Storm chasers and a school principal experience close calls as a tornado outbreak hits major metropolitan areas in Texas.

During a three-hour onslaught, the small town of Canton is caught in the crosshairs of two deadly tornadoes, the most powerful being an EF4, and seven twisters rip through the rural area.

Emergency personnel search for survivors after a devastating tornado hits Illinois.

Record-setting rainfall sends a wall of water into the small town of Waverly, Tenn., leaving residents stranded and clinging to life.