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Mike visits a scientific centre that can recreate a lightning bolt.
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Dangerous lightning strike | Fierce Earth
Zoe hears about a UK boy who cheated death after being hit by a lightning strike.
Hailstones | Fierce Earth
Warm air is able to keep ice particles bouncing around and growing in clouds until gravity brings them to earth due to their weight.
S1E6: Thunderstorms | Fierce Earth
At any one time it is estimated that 2000 thunderstorms are happening across the world. The team investigate what makes the thundercloud s...
Speed of light | Fierce Earth
Because of the speed of light compared to sound, you can determine that every 5 seconds that passes before hearing thunder, the lightning is 1 ...
Thunderstorm tips | Fierce Earth
Clare and Leo get some advice about how to ride out a dangerous thunderstorm and avoid getting hit by lightning.
What is a thunderstorm? | Fierce Earth
Warm moist air rising from the ground is needed for thunderstorms to form.
Being a storm chaser | Fierce Earth
One of the team "chases storms" following hurricanes around the USA, collecting weather data in a specifically built car.
Birmingham tornado | Fierce Earth
In 2005 a tornado in Birmingham struck a neighbourhood and left it in ruins. Clare meets Nazir who experienced it first hand.
Escaping a wildfire | Fierce Earth
Using a "human wildfire", the team take advice from the professionals and attempt to escape its encroaching reach.
Experiencing a wildfire | Fierce Earth
Leo goes to a firefighting training centre and experiences in a safe setting the actual heat of a wildfire.
Firefighters uniform | Fierce Earth
Leo details how a firefighters uniform protects people from extreme heat.
How do wildfires start? | Fierce Earth
Wildfires are mostly started by human carelessness.
Hurricane Ike | Fierce Earth
How three young kids lives changed forever when Hurricane Ike destroyed their hometown.
Hurricanes and buildings | Fierce Earth
How extreme weather has influenced building design, particularly the building of lighthouses.
Hurricanes and damage | Fierce Earth
A list of some of the most devastating hurricanes and their financial damages.
Hurricanes and people | Fierce Earth
Leo experiences with a wind tunnel what its like to be in a hurricane and gives out some tips if you are caught in one.
S1E1: Hurricanes | Fierce Earth
The team encounters the most feared event in weather - the hurricane. Florida-based stormchaser Mike takes us on a wild ride into the eye of ...
S1E2: Wildfires | Fierce Earth
The team investigates wildfires and discovers how they rage all over the world leaving a trail of devastation and destruction. We travel to Co...
S1E3: World's Hottest | Fierce Earth
In this Fierce Earth special, Clare and Leo head to Death Valley in California which is officially the hottest place in the entire world...
S1E8: Tornadoes | Fierce Earth
Tornadoes are rare, but there's nothing more frantic or explosive in nature. The team investigates where that awesome power comes from and wha...
S2E10: Leo's Fiercest Moments | Fierce Earth
A very special edition of Fierce Earth, where team adventurer Leo Houlding looks back over his top ten fiercest moments ever. It...
S2E2: Blizzards | Fierce Earth
In this Fierce Earth special, US storm-chaser Mike Theiss travels into the heart of the Boston Blizzard of February 2013. He witnesses first-h...
S2E6: Avalanches | Fierce Earth
The team travel to avalanche country and the French ski town of Tignes, in the Alps. Clare and Dougal go skiing in the shadow of the biggest ...
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