Disaster Deja vu
Season 1
History repeats itself in Disaster Deja vu, an action-packed series that showcases cities that have been hit by the craziest disasters, not once but twice. Using cutting edge GFX, original film footage, and archival photos, step inside each of these disasters as they struck in both historical and modern times.
Where to Watch Season 1
13 Episodes
- Haiti & Australia
E1Haiti & AustraliaIn 1939 and again in 2009, Australia watched helplessly as massive firestorms roared through bone dry forests with devastating speed. We then experience the tragic events of Haiti in 1842 and 2010 when monstrous earthquakes below sea level brought untold misery and devastation. - St. Louis & China
E2St. Louis & ChinaWe explore a very different disaster deja vu in this episode with two of the deadliest 'natural phenomenon' disasters in recorded history that took place in two very different countries. The "Great Jaingsu Flood in China in 1931" and the 'Great Cyclone Disaster of 1896' in St. Louis. - Bangladesh & Calgary
E4Bangladesh & CalgaryThe deadliest tornado in recorded history touches down in Bangladesh, repeating the havoc of another, previous deadly weather system in 1973. Then, a spectacular summer storm in Calgary, Alberta rains a massive onslaught of ice from the heavens, tearing apart homes, businesses and cars. - Japan & Australia
E5Japan & AustraliaThe most destructive earthquake in Tokyo's history and the strongest one in history are apart by 89 years. Down under in Australia, we track the isolated northern outpost of Darwin to understand how they learned from cyclones that devastated their town in 1897 and again in 2011. - Zaire & New York City
E6Zaire & New York CityThe Great Blizzard of 1888 brought NYC to its knees, then another blizzard strikes again 128 years later. Africa tries to come to grips with a disease that first ravaged its people in 1976, before the Ebola virus rears its ugly head for another go in the same location in 1995. - New Delhi & Hawaii
E11New Delhi & HawaiiA devastating tsunami that hit Hilo, Hawaii in the mid 1800s, then close to a hundred years later, despite precautions, Hilo is hit again. On the other side of the world, we look at the overpopulation of monkeys in India, and how they have taken over the city center of New Delhi not once but twice. - Winnipeg & Pompeii
E12Winnipeg & PompeiiAn ancient seabed returns to water as the mighty Red River spills its banks not once but twice in a century. The floods of 1950 and 1997. Flashing back to 79AD and Mount Vesuvius' eruption catches everyone off-guard devastating the city of Pompeii. In 1944, it happens again.
