6 x 60 min, SD
When Disaster Strikes reveals surprising truths behind the sensational headlines of urban disasters.
The show profiles the disaster, its causes, and the back breaking work to set things right, exploring the story behind the headlines.
When Disaster Strikes covers fires, floods, hurricanes, and landslides. Every situation requires a creative, no-nonsense plan. The one thing common to each is the emotionally devastated victims whose lives will never be the same.
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After a fire blazes through a man's home a remediation team attempts to restore it under the shadow of arson allegations.
Disaster teams struggle to overcome toxic mold plaguing a Cincinnati family home and post Katrina New Orleans.
A California family nearly lose their lives in a dangerous mudslide zone where people refuse to leave and fight to re-build their homes.
A special disaster clean-up team resuscitates a New Orleans hospital after it's been soaked in the toxic floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina.
Miami is caught off guard by Hurricane Wilma and reconstruction teams move in to get the panicked community back on track.
The vulnerability of the urban water system is revealed when a local home is flooded and the owner is faced with personal bankruptcy.