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72 Dangerous Places to Live

72 Dangerous Places to Live

TV-MA2016•45m•5.3/10
Documentary

Ratings

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5.3/10(13)

Get up close and personal with avalanches, fiery volcanoes and other natural cataclysms, and learn why some choose to live in their destructive paths.

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Production

Showrunner Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 21, 2016

Last Aired

April 25, 2016

Networks

ABC TV

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Time & Tide
E1
Time & Tide
Air date: 2016-03-21
Explore how locals live in the shadow of deadly avalanches in the Canadian Rockies, oppressive smog in Beijing and lethal mountain-quakes in Nepal.
That Sinking Feeling
E2
That Sinking Feeling
Air date: 2016-03-28
Life is downright dangerous near an old asbestos mine in Australia, in a toxic village in Peru and along the world's most polluted river in Indonesia.
Fire & Ice
E3
Fire & Ice
Air date: 2016-04-04
Discover what it's like to live in the United States' Tornado Alley, Australia's bushfire-prone wilderness and Antarctica's brutal cold.
Winds of Change
E4
Winds of Change
Air date: 2016-04-11
Resolute adventurers brave bizarrely frequent lightning strikes in Venezuela, the mountainous Death Road in Bolivia and the perils of Mt. Everest.
Wet & Wild
E5
Wet & Wild
Air date: 2016-04-18
Despite the risks, intrepid souls live in a radiation zone in Japan and work on the slopes of a sulfur-spewing volcano in Java.
Hell or High Water
E6
Hell or High Water
Air date: 2016-04-25
Learn how locals survive earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, a furnace-hot desert in Ethiopia and a cataclysmic rise in sea level in Bangladesh.

Cast

Mitch Ryan

Mitch Ryan

Himself - Narrator

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