Tornadoes are one of nature's deadliest forces, unmatched in fury, speed and destructive power. Over the centuries, tornadoes have wrought destruction on a huge scale and cost a great many lives. This program takes a look at some of the most devastating twister storms to hit the planet in the last 100 years. From the world's worst twister (which struck Daultipur in Bangladesh in 1989), to the most expensive tornado in history (the 1999 Oklahoma Tornado...

In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.

When a terrible drought struck, the animals in the valley turned to a rabbit inventor who said he could invent a robot to make it rain.

In a remote part of southern Africa, the crippling drought of the early 1980s caused a quiet but significant upheaval. In the African country of Botswana there was once a paradise. But as the continent was seared, rainwater pans dried and quite mysteriously the Savuti Channel itself shrank, drained away, and died. United by a common instinct to survive, scores of animals set out in search of water. This film follows their journey, which proved to...

"There has been little rainfall, and the land is dry. A drought has developed. Rivers and lakes dry up. Crops are ruined from lack of water. Learn ways to use less water and how to save the little water that you do have"--

The Wild Magic trilogy culminates in a middle-grade fantasy adventure about witches, courage, community, and the terrors of sudden climate change. Third in a darkly enchanting trilogy after Begone the Raggedy Witches and The Little Grey Girl, The Promise Witch opens in a time of heat and thirst. The deposed old tyrant of a queen sent a cursed winter to bury Witches Borough in snow. Months later, the clouds have vanished, but an equally cursed drought...

When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.

Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text explore the science behind how droughts form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one.

Lila's village in Kenya is experiencing a terrible drought. When Lila's grandfather tells her the secret of rain, she sets off on her own to save her village.

Discusses the huge black cloud that rolled across the prairie with 60 mph winds grinding dust into everything it touched.