Angry Planet
George Kourounis is one of the world’s most active and venturesome stormchasers. Over the last 10 years, as the world’s weather has gotten more and more violent, he has witnessed and documented dozens of hurricanes, tornadoes and volcanic firestorms.
“Angry Planet” tours the world’s most extreme natural phenomena, showing a collection of unique and hair-raising situations involving tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards and volcanoes. See some of the most extraordinary sights our angry planet can produce, hosted by a intense, personable thrillseeker.
The show is a behind-the-scenes docu-soap chronicling the adventures and misadventures as George and his associates explore the world’s wildest weather and hairiest natural sights.
Extreme Encounters with an Angry Planet
The host of “Angry Planet” talks about his career, scariest encounters with nature and how his work impacts those around him.
Katrina – Natural Disaster?
Katrina was by far, the most destructive storm I’ve ever chased. Period.
EP 1- Hurricane Triple - George and his crew film three of the four hurricanes in September 2008.
EP 2- Elephant Cave - George enters a volcano in eastern Kenya, which contains the world’s deadliest virus.
EP 3- Eco-Disaster - George investigates some of the world’s largest eco-disasters found in the former Soviet Union
EP 4- Hawaii Surf & Snow - George surfs with the “Hawaiian Fire” firefighters and visits the site of major tsunami damage.
EP 5- Antarctica - George returns to the “Fin Del Mundo” at the southern tip of Argentina, this time to sail to Antarctica.
EP 6- The Wild Weather of 2005 - Recaps of some of the wildest weather in 2005.
EP 7- Volcanic Wedding - George marries on the lip of an exploding volcano.
EP 8- Wild Water - George embarks on three explorations into the wild water that makes up over 70% of our angry planet.
EP 9- Avalanche - George travels with a variety of experts to bring down huge avalanches in the Rocky Mountains.
EP 10- Costa Rica - George explores the volcanoes of Costa Rica with an international team of scientists.
EP 11- Fin Del Mundo - George travels to Ushuaia, Argentina, and sails south to round infamous Cape Horn.
EP 12- Water Spouts - George investigates the wild waters of the Florida Keys which have about 400 water spouts per year.
EP 13- Thunder Down Under - George travels with Australian stormchaser Jimmy Deguara during the height of storm season in Australia.
EP 14- Indian Monsoon - George tries to intercept a monsoon as it hits southern India.
EP 15- Blizzard - George becomes a human popsicle, encased in ice in a high speed wind tunnel.
EP 16- By Camel to Timbuktu - George experiences extreme heat, dehydration, sand storms and desert predators.
EP 17- The Winds of Autumn - George and Mark stormchase in Newfoundland, the site that pulled Mark out of a depression.
EP 18- Tornadoes - George tracks a building storm in Oklahoma City, the capital of North America’s Tornado Alley.
EP 19- African Hellhole - George investigates a volcano that poses danger the people of a nearby city and the mountain gorillas in the nearby jungle.
EP 20- Fire and Water - George follows the fabled route of the Klondike Gold Rush through Alaska.
EP 21- Arctic Winter - George links up with two experienced polar adventurers to explore the frigid Canadian arctic in the depths of winter.
EP 22- Desert Monsoon - George explores the American Southwest during the Desert Monsoon.
EP 23- Polynesian Volcanoes - George is one of the first to explore a brand new island created by an undersea volcano in New Zealand.
EP 24- Hottest & Coldest - George experiences the most extreme climates in North America.
EP 25- 2009 Hurricane - George tracks the biggest storms of the 2009 Hurricane season.
EP 26- Iceland - George explores Iceland’s volcanoes, glaciers, avalanches, mudslides and extreme marine weather.
EP 27- Boiling Lake – George becomes the first person ever to traverse Boiling Lake in the Caribbean on a rope.
EP 28- Island Caving - George explores massive underground cave systems in the porous limestone of Canada’s West Coast.
EP 29- Midwest Stormfest - George returns to “Tornado Alley” with three of his fellow stormchasers.
EP 30- West Coast Winter - George hikes and skis through British Columbia’s winter weather.
EP 31- Italia Wild - George visits Italy, the site of three extreme natural phenomena – volcanoes, flooding and avalanches.
EP 32- Java - George investigates the most notorious volcanic explosion in history from the small island of Krakatoa.
EP 33- Indonesia - George visits famous volcanoes in Indonesia.
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