Discovery To Air Tribute To Storm Chasers Killed In Oklahoma Tornado

LOS ANGELES -- Discovery Channel says it will honor three veteran storm chasers who died in Oklahoma with a special airing this week.

The program, "Mile Wide Tornado: Stormchasers Tribute," will feature scenes of Tim Samaras, his son Paul and Carl Young from the former series "Stormchasers." It airs at 10 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

The men spent years capturing and sharing storm videos with TV viewers and weather researchers. They died Friday when a tornado with winds of up to 165 mph turned on them in the Oklahoma City area. The storm and flooding claimed more than a dozen other lives.

"Mile Wide Tornado" originally aired Sunday and focuses on the May 20 tornado that devastated a wide swatch of Oklahoma. Discovery says it has been updated with "Stormchasers" footage of the researchers.

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WATCH: New Special Examines Deadly Moore Tornado

A new one-hour special from the Discovery Channel explores the deadly May 20 Okla. tornado and its impacts on communities around Oklahoma City.

"Mile Wide Tornado: Oklahoma Disaster," combines interviews with meteorologists, emergency officials and storm chasers along with eyewitness accounts from those who lived through the disaster.

"This special provides one of the most comprehensive collections of user-generated footage of the Oklahoma tornado to date and conducts original interviews with those who recorded those first-hand accounts," Discovery explains. The show also aims to answer the "why" questions behind the formation of the deadly tornado.

The tornado, which devastated parts of the city of Moore, Okla., killed 24 people, including 10 children. The debris and rubble from the tornado could have created a pile one mile high, reported the Associated Press.

"Mile Wide Tornado: Oklahoma Disaster" premieres Sunday, June 2 at 10 p.m. EDT on the Discovery Channel.

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