After the Germans flooded large parts of The Netherlands towards the end of WWII, the Brouwer family find themselves trapped in their attic surrounded by water. With their rations dwindling, tensions arise within the household.
A dramatic one hour documentary, telling the behind-the-scenes story of the Calgary Flames efforts to get their home back in time for the season opener after the catastrophic 2013 Calgary flood.
A penguin drifting through the polluted waters of a flooded Earth must see if he has what it takes to survive the new ways of the world.
On Friday, June 23, 1972, Pennsylvania suffered the wrath of Hurricane Agnes, which at the time was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States and would claim the lives of 128 people in the storm’s path. Now, at the 50th anniversary, WVIA explores what we as a region have learned from the Agnes tragedy. Half a century later, how did this epic event permanently change our communities – economically, physically, and emotionally? What have local communities done over the past decades to address and mitigate potential flooding in the future? Have we done enough?
A one hour documentary on the aftermath of the 2013 Alberta Floods in the town of High River.
Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering and human failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer who ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing the city water via aqueduct. The catastrophe killed more than 400 people and destroyed millions of dollars of property.
Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.
Eine Sturmflut wird einen Fischschwarm zum Verhängnis. Er strandet in den Ästen der Bäume. Als das Wasser zurückfließt, drohen die Fische auszutrocknen. Die durch ihre Hilferufe aufgeschreckten Bewohner einer nahe gelegenen Höhle sind wenig begeistert...
Flugsoppan är en prisbelönad tecknad barnfilm av Lennart och Ylva-Li Gustafsson om lilla grodan Grobi och Katten. Ett omaka par om blir de bästa vänner i ett äventyr genom ett översvämmat landskap.
Seit einigen Jahrzehnten häufen sich die Klimakatastrophen auf unserem Planeten. Besonders stark haben die Flutkatastrophen in großen Städten zugenommen – der Meeresspiegel steigt, während die Städte absinken. Viele Städte, darunter New York, sind unzureichend geschützt. Weltweit machen Forscher, Ingenieure, Ökonomen und Stadtplaner gegen diese globale Bedrohung mobil.
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted by memories of flooding that left him homeless and orphaned, the boy forms an unexpected friendship with an Inuk ice carver who helps him confront his past.
Against the backdrop of the Typhoon Yolanda, a mother and her son struggle for survival and deal with absurdity of fate, sustained by the hope that they carry, and what is lost and gained.
A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
Der Seefahrer und Matrose Vinay kehrt mit seinem Sohn Sam nach vielen Jahren in die Heimat in Südindien zurück und hofft auf einen Neuanfang. Sie besuchen Vinays Vater, den Arzt Shankara, der auch in Astrologie und alten Wissenschaften bewandert ist. Er lebt zusammen mit dem Waisenkind Meera, das er wie eine Tochter aufzog und die mit Vinay immer schon innige Freundschaft verband. Doch schon damals, als Shankara die Horoskope der Kinder verglich, fand er heraus, dass, wenn die beiden sich jemals ihre Liebe gestehen würden, ein Unglück unvorstellbaren Ausmaßes irgendwo auf der Welt geschehen würde. Das Schicksal scheint nun unvermeidlich. Als sich Vinay und Meera wiedersehen und ihre Gefühle füreinander entdecken, droht ein gewaltiger Damm, erbaut vor 100 Jahren während der britischen Kolonialzeit, zu brechen und Millionen in den sicheren Tod zu reißen...
In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth, animal life, and plant life might be like if, suddenly, humanity no longer existed, as well as the effect humanity's disappearance might have on the artificial aspects of civilization.
Clover is finishing a veterinary course when her brother dies and she is called home to her family's struggling Somerset farm.