Disaster Area

Disaster Area

A podcast about disasters throughout history - what caused them, how people survived, and how we've responded to keep those disasters from happening again.

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Episode 236: The Uvalde school shooting - Part One

Episode 236: The Uvalde school shooting - Part One

In the first in this five-part series, we look at the town of Uvalde, and the first moments before a normal school day goes from calm to terrifying. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Fr...

20 Mai 202444min

Episode 235: The Eschede train disaster

Episode 235: The Eschede train disaster

A year ago this week, I covered the Amagasaki train derailment in 2005 in Japan. Why not cover a second one seven years earlier near a small town in Germany? Videos: Seconds from Disaster: The Esche...

1 Mai 20241h 22min

Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three

Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three

It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h...

14 Apr 20241h 1min

Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two

Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two

It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h...

7 Apr 20241h 1min

Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One

Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One

It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h...

31 Mar 202447min

Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire

Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire

The deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Watch now: The story of the t...

6 Mar 20241h 14min

Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher

Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher

On April 9th, 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for depth tests in the Atlantic. It would never return. Videos: Second Saturday: The Loss of the USS...

28 Feb 20241h 32min

Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire

Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire

The deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172...

31 Jan 20241h 46min

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