| Price: | $19.95 | | | | | Grades: | 5 to Adults | | | | | Runtime: | 52 minutes | | | | | Item #: | V5233 | | | | | Availability: | Usually ships in 2-6 weeks | | | | | Format: | DVD | | | | | Closed-Captioning: | No |
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PRODUCT SUMMARY
National Geographic explains the origins and catastrophic consequences of one of nature's most devastating forces. The product of undersea earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, tsunamis can race across oceans at more than 500 miles per hour, leaving a huge wake of destruction when they hit ashore. Because it is difficult for scientists to predict how large these waves can be, tsunamis are one of the least understood of nature's forces and one of the most dangerous. In the program, National Geographic travels to Northern California, Hawaii and Japan to revisit sites of past tsunamis and areas most vulnerable to future outbreaks. With insight from some of the scientific community's foremost researchers and accounts from past tsunami survivors, this program depicts nature at its most extreme, profiles the efforts being made to curb wave effects and illustrates the financial, physical and emotional toll waves can leave on victims.
