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Big Weather (and how to survive it)

  • 2020
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • 1 season

With unique access to Australia's emergency services, first responders and local communities, Big Weather (and how to survive it) is an emotionally gripping series filmed over one intense summer.

Latest: Season 1 · 2020

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  1. E1. Summer Is Coming

    Oct 13, 2020 · 54m

    With unique access to Australia's emergency services, first responders and local communities, Craig Reucassel joins fire chiefs and emergency commissioners as they plan for an ominous summer ahead.

  2. E2. Into the Firestorm

    Oct 20, 2020 · 58m

    Australia experiences the largest peacetime evacuation in its history. Craig learns what's required to become a volunteer firefighter as he undertakes training before heading to the fire front.

  3. E3. Ready Together

    Oct 27, 2020 · 60m

    After three years of brutal drought and the hottest summer on record, Craig finds himself facing floodwaters as two months of rain falls in just two days in Sydney, the heaviest rainfall experienced in 20 years.