Plot Synopsis

WEATHER GONE VIRAL is a one-hour series that covers the most extreme weather action caught on camera including tsunamis of ice, deadly bolts of lightning, monster waves and terrifying tornados -- as told by survivors who have beaten the odds, as well as meteorologists and severe weather specialists. The series also shows how being on the front lines of Mother Nature is never easy, and sometimes the reporter covering the story becomes the story. Footage includes how extreme weather can disrupt people's best laid plans including weddings attacked by weather as well as how furry friends experience extreme weather just like people.

The sophomore season of WEATHER GONE VIRAL premiered on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 9pm ET on Weather Channel. From a tough day at the office, to vacations from hell, to weather ruining an entire wedding ceremony, the sophomore season continues to use video clips and interviews to demonstrate how meteorological moments around the world affect people in their every day lives. These unbelievable, and often funny, clips include commentary from meteorologists and interviews.

Season 4 of WEATHER GONE VIRAL premiered on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT on the Weather Channel. In the season opener, "When Weather Attacks," weather destroys power grids, floods homes, uproots mature trees, tosses huge trucks like toys and ends lives without remorse; when weather attacks, there's rarely a way to stop it.

Weather Channel premiered the fifth season of WEATHER GONE VIRAL on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT. In the season opener, "Wild Weather Rampage," Mother Nature's mad and she's unleashing the very worst of weather.

The sixth season of WEATHER GONE VIRAL debuted on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 9pm ET/PT on Weather Channel.

Season 7 of WEATHER GONE VIRAL premiered on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 10pm ET/PT on Weather Channel. In the season opener, "Brutal Cold in Texas," an arctic blast sweeps down and cripples Texas; a powerful windstorm equals disaster for two massive tower cranes; thin ice on a canal in Amsterdam proves challenging for a local skater in more ways than one.
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Weather Channel premiered the eighth season of WEATHER GONE VIRAL on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 10pm ET/PT. In the season opener, "The Way of Water," Yellowstone National Park is shut down when flooding carves out a path of destruction; a major heatwave ignites deadly wildfires across Spain.