When Disaster Strikes (TV series)

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When Disaster Strikes is a documentary television series that exposes the inside human drama of disaster recovery.

Produced by Parallax Film Productions, the show has aired on Discovery Channel US FOX Broadcasting, International and History Television in Canada.

This six-part series profiles the victims, the disaster, and the backbreaking work it takes to set things right, exploring the human story behind the headlines.

When Disaster Strikes covers fires, floods, hurricanes, landslides, sewage-filled basements – every situation is different and requires a creative, no-nonsense plan.

The only thing common to the disasters are emotionally devastated victims.

Episodes

When Disaster Strikes episodes include:

Fire: After a fire blazes through a middleclass man’s home - a remediation team attempts to restore it under the shadow of arson allegations;

Mould: The disaster team struggle to overcome a toxic mould plaguing a Cincinnati family home and post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans;

California Mudslide: A Californian family nearly lose their lives in a dangerous mudslide zone where people refuse to leave their homes and fight to re-build;

New Orleans: A special disaster clean-up team resuscitates a New Orleans hospital after it has been soaked in the toxic and infected floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina;

Florida: Miami is caught off guard by a hurricane and reconstruction teams move in to get the panicked community back on track; and

Pipe Disaster: The vulnerability of the city’s water pipes is revealed when a local home is flooded and the owner is faced with personal bankruptcy.

References

When Disaster Strikes (TV series) Wikipedia

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