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201855 minPGdocumentary

6.9/ 10(24 ratings)• TMDB

Sinking Cities

201855 minPGdocumentary

6.9/ 10(24 ratings)• TMDB

Weeks after Hurricane Florence and on the sixth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the series examines how cities are preparing for climate change effects.

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Robert McKimson

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Weeks after Hurricane Florence and on the sixth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the series examines how cities are preparing for climate change effects.

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Mel Blanc

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Weeks after Hurricane Florence ravaged the Carolinas, and on the sixth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in New York, the four-part series examines how cities are preparing for the real-time effects of climate change.

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