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Showing Until: Dec 31, 2025 | Runtime: 40 min. | Rating: Not Rated

It is one thing to contemplate the immense power of nature, another to experience these forces first-hand. Forces of Nature will showcase the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and severe storms as we follow scientists on their groundbreaking quests to understand how these natural disasters are triggered. Audiences will learn what is being done to predict and prepare for these events — and minimize their deadly effects — as they come face-to-face with Earth’s most destructive forces.

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