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When Disaster Strikes

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When disaster strikes, the first thing we all ask is: why? Massive fires, catastrophic technical glitches, explosions and natural disasters - these incidents shock and fascinate populations across the globe. Our first concern is for the victims, but eventually we want answers to our questions. What went wrong? Why didn't we see it coming? And how can we prevent it from happening again? Discovery World goes behind the headlines of real-life tragedies to relive the human experience, investigate the causes of these traumatic events and look at how science is trying to prevent such tragedies from occurring again. With a focuses on particular categories of accident or disaster - from a human mistake such as house fires to a natural disaster like a mudslide - each episode features real stories that illustrate the dynamics behind disasters.