A man and a woman converse the morning after a storm.

As they hide from an enemy in their house, a woman and man argue about the nature of the enemy--whether it is human or weather-related.

Protagonist Walter Stuart drives determinedly, with curious excitement, into a hurricane to save anyone who might be stuck. He weathers a torrential night with a stranded brother and sister, but by morning he has lost his mind and attempts to kill both of them.

A woman hides from a hurricane in her home as her loved ones who have died pass through her house with haunting reminders of their deaths.

After Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans, an alcoholic leaves her apartment to loot—but when she's gravely injured by sharp debris, she has to rely on the kindness of others to reach safety in a dog-eat-dog world.

After a white sheriff's deputy arrests a Black man in 1968, a winter storm causes him to take refuge in a garage, and the two Black brothers who work there make the deputy question his position and his morals.

In New Orleans, two sisters survive Hurricane Katrina, but one is left unalterably damaged by the storm.

While waiting for their reverend to arrive for their prayer group amidst a horrible storm, a pair of elderly Southern women try to repair a broken friendship by sharing stories about the mysterious acts of God that saved them.

An ex-Marine is locked in an attic by his aunt, who wants to separate him from his addictions. During a sudden hurricane and flood, he reflects on the horrors of war and contemplates death.

When a young boy visits the family farm on the prairie, he dreams that he is becoming a man, but a fierce storm and an untimely lightning strike humble and frighten him.