Witness to Disaster Witness to Disaster

Documentary · 2019 · 44 min Disney+
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Extreme footage and surviving witnesses bring to life the terrifying reality of what it is like to experience outright disaster.

Documentary · 2019 · 44 min
Starring Reed Timmer , Jonathan Guy Lewis
Director Alex Nikolic-Dunlop , Neil Rawles

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1

    Tornado Outbreak

    In April 2011, 360 tornadoes ravage the southern United States in four days, killing 348 people.

    43 min · 23 Jul 2019
  • EPISODE 2

    Chilean Mine Rescue

    A mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 miners almost half a mile underground.

    44 min · 30 Jul 2019
  • EPISODE 3

    California Mudslide

    Montecito is hit by a natural disaster that leaves its residents fighting for their lives; overnight, the Californian beach town is swamped by a series of 30-feet high, boulder-filled debris flows that destroy homes and leave streets swimming in mud.

    44 min · 6 Aug 2019
  • EPISODE 4

    Portugal's Hellfire

    The story of the largest wildfire in Portugal's history and how it devastated a rural community; as firefighters tried to control the blaze, fierce winds combined with the fire to make it unstoppable; fleeing locals are caught in the inferno.

    44 min · 13 Aug 2019
  • EPISODE 5

    Everest Avalanche

    Nepal is hit by a 6.7 mega-earthquake that kills thousands; across the country, survivors are hit by terrifying avalanches that destroy everything in their path; presenting stories of survival, from the Kathmandu Valley to Mount Everest.

    44 min · 20 Aug 2019
  • EPISODE 6

    Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

    On Oct. 1, 2015, the cargo ship El Faro is on a regular run to Puerto Rico when it disappears in a Category 4 storm called Hurricane Joaquin; it is determined that the El Faro sank off the coast of the Bahamas with 33 crew members.

    44 min · 20 Aug 2019

Cast & Crew

  • Reed Timmer

    Self
  • J‌G

    Jonathan Guy Lewis

    Narrator
  • A‌N

    Alex Nikolic-Dunlop

    Director
  • N‌R

    Neil Rawles

    Director
  • E‌D

    Erika Dodd

    Producer
  • J‌J

    Jonathon Jones

    Producer
  • A‌N

    Alex Nikolic-Dunlop

    Producer
  • A‌N

    Alex Nikolic-Dunlop

    Writer
  • S‌L

    Simon Lewis

    Writer

About

Witness to Disaster

Documentary

Extreme footage and surviving witnesses bring to life the terrifying reality of what it is like to experience outright disaster.

Information

Studio
National Geographic
Released
2019
© 2019 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English (United States)
Audio
English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), and 8 more...
Subtitles
Chinese, Simplified , and 21 more...

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  • Spanish (Latin America) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)
  • Spanish (Spain) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)
  • Turkish (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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  • Angola
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  • Azerbaijan
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  • Cape Verde
  • Chad
  • Côte d’Ivoire
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