72 Dangerous Places to Live - Season 1
Season 1
Visit some of the world's most dangerous places to live, where hardy souls coexist with tornadoes, volcanoes, pollution, radiation and other perils.
Episodes
Time & Tide
Explore how locals live in the shadow of deadly avalanches in the Canadian Rockies, oppressive smog of Beijing and lethal mountain-quakes in Nepal.
That Sinking Feeling
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
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
Resolute adventurers brave bizarrely frequent lightning strikes in Venezuela, the mountainous Death Road in Bolivia and the perils of Mt. Everest.
Wet & Wild
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
Learn how locals survive earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, a furnace-hot desert in Ethiopia and a cataclysmic rise in sea level in Bangladesh.
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