''Earth's Fury'' (also known as ''Anatomy of Disaster'' outside the United States) is an American

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television series that ran on

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from February 24, 1997 to November 17, 1998. Produced by GRB Entertainment, each episode examines

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s and the science of the natural phenomena such as

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es,

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storms,

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s and

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s. All episodes of the series are narrated by voice actor Michael Bell.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1997)

Season 2 (1998)

Broadcast history

The show was first shown on

in the United States from February 24, 1997 until November 17, 1998. Some episodes of the show was shown in

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s on

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(via the ''Storm Week'' series of television specials about weather phenomena, the ''Earthquake!'' episode was later shown as an episode of '' Storm Stories'' in 2006) in 2005 and the Fox Reality Channel in the United States from 2008 until 2009. In Europe, the show was shown on Reality TV (now known as

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) from 2001 until 2005.

International versions

On August 22, 2010, a version of the show titled '' Anatomy of a Disaster'' that is hosted by actor

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, began airing on

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, a Philippine television channel and lasted until November 6, 2011.

Streaming release

, the show is made available for streaming online on the

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(FAST) and advertiser-suppotted video-on-demand (AVOD)

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Amazon Freevee and its sister SVOD service,

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(both with an original English version provided by FilmRise in the United States and in Latin America with a Spanish dub),

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, Vix (also dubbed in Spanish under the title ''Anatomia del Desastre'') and Tubi (replaced with a version provided by

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, who acquired the digital distribution rights to several GRB Studios shows, but in the correct original 4:3 standard-definition aspect ratio with the show's

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omitted in favor of the GRB Studios and FilmRise

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s, starting in May 2023.) On December 20, 2016, GRB Entertainment launched a channel dedicated to the show and posted its thirteen episodes on

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, but the aspect ratio on the YouTube releases of the first season of the show is in letterboxed version.

References

External links

* * * {{Former TLC Programming 1990s American documentary television series 1997 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings TLC (TV network) original programming Disaster television series Television series by GRB Entertainment American English-language television shows Documentary films about natural disasters