Name: Texas Blackout
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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On May 18, 1980, Washington state's Mount St. Helens erupts; revisiting the destructive volcanic event and revealing ten failures that escalated the catastrophe, including ignored warnings, inadequate safety zones and poor rescue planning.

Ten Steps to Disaster

Mount St. Helens

Modern history's worst disasters are revisited and analyzed to identify ten key errors that led to each one.

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