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Witness to Disaster - Season 1

Hard-hitting amateur, CCTV and news footage reveals how some of the world's biggest natural disasters took away people's lives, homes and hope in Witness Disaster. Surviving witnesses tell you what it was like to be in the midst of nature's most devastating attacks. Combined with genuine CCTV footage, their stories bring to life the terrifying reality of what it is like to experience outright disaster.

Top Cast

  • Jonathan Guy Lewis

    Jonathan Guy Lewis

    Narrator

Overview

Hard-hitting amateur, CCTV and news footage reveals how some of the world's biggest natural disasters took away people's lives, homes and hope in Witness Disaster. Surviving witnesses tell you what it was like to be in the midst of nature's most devastating attacks. Combined with genuine CCTV footage, their stories bring to life the terrifying reality of what it is like to experience outright disaster.

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