A tornado can form and dissipate within seconds, reaching winds of up to 200mph and taking with it homes, cars, trees, and more. They can be quite difficult to forecast, as cool descending dry air passes over rising warm moist air with wind direction at different altitudes. Earthquakes are also one of the worst and most unpredictable natural disasters we face, having the ability to change communities for generations to come. Here are some of history’s worst tornados and earthquakes.

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Code Red investigates some of the most notable disasters in our recent history. In each episode, the anatomy one type of catastrophe is investigated and is looked back at on the ways in which they have changed us forever.

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