Wrath of God: Disasters In America - Season 1 Episode 34 Halsey's Typhoons: Peril on the Sea
In December 1944, Admiral "Bull" Halsey's Third Fleet was confronted by a killer typhoon in the South Pacific. Despite the courage of the "tin can" sailors battling 100-mile-an-hour winds and torrential rain, three destroyers capsized. Unbelievably, six months later, the Fleet encountered another typhoon. We investigate these intrepid forces of nature that nearly sunk Halsey's career when an official court of inquiry recommended that he be relieved of his duties.
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Season
Season 1
Episode
Hellfire
Earthquakes: San Francisco 1906 & 1989
Torrents of Death
Tornado Alley
Avalanches: White Walls of Death
Tornadoes: Nature's Deadly Spirals
Hurricanes: Deadly Wind, Deadly Rain
Volcanoes: Earth's Shattering Eruptions
Blizzards: Whiteout!
Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes
Panic! Deadly Inferno
Fire In The Hole: Mining Disasters
Collisions In The Mist
Tsunami: Killer Wave
Blackouts!
Killer Quakes
Explosions! Texas City
Landslides!
Drowning of Florence
Super Outbreaks
Firestorms: Nature Out of Control
Fire Under The Big Top
Shaken to The Core: Alaskan Earthquake
Nor'easters: Killer Storms
Death in the Potomac: The Crash of Flight 90
Mississippi: River Out of Control
Snowbound: Curse Of The Sierra
Chilean Earthquake
Holland 1953 - Assault of the Sea
Buffalo Blizzard: Siege and Survival
Mount Vesuvius
Flash Floods: Deadly Downpour
Hurricanes: Category Five
Halsey's Typhoons: Peril on the Sea