剧集改编自理查德·普雷斯顿所著的有关埃博拉病毒及其对人类影响的畅销书。1989年，埃博拉病毒突然出现在华盛顿郊区一个科学实验室的黑猩猩身上，且当时并没有已知的治疗方法。英勇的美军兽医(玛格丽丝饰)与一支秘密军事特警队合作，在疫情蔓延到人类之前，她试图阻止，但这却让她陷入了致命危险。

上个月9日，WHO（世界卫生组织）公布了在中国武汉市蔓延的肺炎是由新型日冕病毒引起的。之后，中国感染新型病毒的患者不断增加，人数超过2万4000人，死亡人数达到490人。WHO宣布“国际上令人担忧的公共卫生上的紧急事态”，决定派遣由专家组成的调查小组到中国。在国内被确认感染者达到23人的日本，厚生劳动省也通知全国的自治体扩大病毒检查的对象等，加强了警戒(2月5日6点现在)。新型病毒认定1个月。在节目中，一边更新关于新型病毒肺炎的最新信息，一边直播一边面对观众的“不安”“疑问”。在各地的报道和最新的研究成果，与WHO本部的转播交织的同时，凝视着全球化了的世界和未知的病毒的战斗的新的局面。

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

2006 South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

2018 South Korean documentary film

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.