Washoe County Library System

Young viewers will learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is on the way.

As a massive hurricane builds, criminals infiltrate a U.S. Mint facility. Their plan: to steal $600 million and escape using a Category Five hurricane as cover. But a treasury agent and a storm chaser have a plan of their own, desperately racing against time, and the hurricane, to save the hostages and stop the thieves before their town is reduced to rubble.

Fictional account of a national crisis in the form of three disasterous weather systems.

In six classic programs, National Geographic reveals the sheer power and strength of nature's greatest forces. Experience the devastation and tragedy caused by deadly tsunamis and hurricanes, see what happens inside the heart of a whirling tornado, witness incredible up-close shots of the powerful white wall of a rolling avalanche, and hear chilling first-hand accounts from survivors of some of the worst natural disasters.

'The U,' which took a look at all that was good and bad about the rise of the University of Miami's football program in the '80s, debuted five years ago as part of 30 for 30's first season and quickly became one of the most talked-about documentaries in the series. But that wasn't the end of the story. This picks up where the original film left off, with the program trying to recover from the devastation left by NCAA sanctions and scandals.

In 2005, Brandon Darby became an overnight hero when he traveled to Katrina-devastated New Orleans and braved toxic floodwaters to rescue a stranded friend. Soon after, he co-founded Common Ground, a successful grassroots relief organization. But over the next few years, he began hiding a shocking secret. After two young protestors were arrested at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Darby revealed that as an FBI informant he had been instrumental...

Directed by Spike Lee, this two-part, four hour documentary revisits New Orleans five years after Katrina, and four years since the premiere of Lee's landmark, triple Emmy-winning HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Featuring many of the principals seen in the first documentary, the new film opens with February's celebratory Super Bowl parade before delving into such issues as relocation, rebuilding, mental-health concerns,...

Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.