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  • Discovery

Brink of Disaster

  • 2022
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~2h / ep
  • 1 season

Across North America and the rest of the world, hurricanes, storm surges, earthquakes and sea level rise, threaten our major cities and lead to natural catastrophes.

Latest: Season 1 · 2022

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  1. E1. New York Superstorms

    Dec 8, 2022 · 90m

    New York City is under attack as Hurricanes Ida and Ian unleash their fury on innocent people; seeing how the latest science and technology can protect New York City's 8 million residents before everything gets swept away by ferocious superstorms.

  2. E2. West Coast Superquakes

    Dec 15, 2022 · 90m

    The West Coast is home to the infamous San Andreas fault, stretching for almost a thousand miles beneath the feet of millions of Americans. But just north, there's a larger fault that could trigger a megaquake, wreaking havoc from California to Canada.

  3. E3. Miami Sinking

    Dec 22, 2022 · 90m

    The coastal metropolis of Miami faces a triple threat of crumbling limestone bedrock, ferocious superstorms and relentless rising oceans.