Over 40 million Mexicans are living in risky "climate zones" Hurricanes, desertification and floods are not the only problems the inhabitants are facing. On the shores of Tabasco, the ocean is eating up the coast. Over 10 meters every year ...

It was a flood of biblical proportion rampaging for two months, cutting a swath across 9 Midwestern states killing 50 people and destroying or damaging 55,000 homes. Hardin, Missouri, population a little over 600, was a small, close-knit farming community. Residents watched over each other and their history by taking exceptional care of the local cemetery where their ancestors rested. What the inhabitants of this small Missouri town came to realize...

In spring 2000, Mozambique has been hit by huge flooding: 800 people died and millions of people become homeless. These natural disasters leave traces: erosion, ocean advancing over land and island disappearance. People migrate to survive, and realise that they have to quickly react to cope with weather threats and protect their natural habitat.

Scientists investigate floods occurring in the remote past that evidence shows to have been of a magnitude far greater than even the more extreme floods of today. The possibility of such floods recurring and the connection between cataclysmic floods and climate change are discussed.

Rumors and fears that the Coremaugh Lake Reservoir in Pennsylvania had reached its summit, and that the South Fork Dam might burst, were widespread for many years. By May 31st, 1889, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, it had been raining for a week. Finally in the late afternoon the center of the dam gave way. Considered the worst flood disaster in the nation's history, 2,209 persons were killed, and countless number of bodies were never found.

Using cutting-edge technology and close-up cinematography, gain an up-close look at a colony of termites as it tries to survive an invading army of ants and a flood that has devastating effects.