Desperate Hours
A sudden calamitous event, a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an earthquake, can cause great loss of life, damage, or hardship and can leave areas devastated for years. Get a live account of these dramatic events and those in their aftermath in real time. Be an eyewitness to some of the most devastating disasters of the last hundred years.
A sudden calamitous event, a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an earthquake, can cause great loss of life, damage, or hardship and can leave areas devastated for years. Get a live account of these dramatic events and those in their aftermath in real time. Be an eyewitness to some of the most devastating disasters of the last hundred years.
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