disc 1. Extreme weather is everywhere -- Temperature extremes and cold-air outbreaks -- Low pressure and Earth's high winds -- Extreme humidity, rain, and fog -- How radar reveals storms -- How satellites track severe weather -- disc 2. Anatomy of a lightning strike -- Lightning extremes and survival -- Thunderstorm formation and weather balloons -- Wind shear and severe thunderstorms -- Squall line thunderstorms and microbursts -- Supercell thunderstorms and hail -- disc 3. Tornadoes and their amazing winds -- Tornadogenesis and storm chasing -- Mountain windstorms and avalanches -- Ice storms: freezing rain takes over -- Epic snowfall and the lake effect -- Blizzards and winter cyclones -- disc 4. Flash floods and deadly moving water -- Drought, heat waves, and dust storms -- Where hurricanes hit -- The enormous structure of a hurricane -- Storm surge and hurricane intensification -- El Niño and cycles of extreme weather.