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Preview: Season 50 Episode 5 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.
As extreme weather in the U.S. impacts more people – with longer heat waves, more intense rainstorms, megafires, and droughts – discover how Americans are fighting back by marshaling ancient wisdom and innovating new solutions.
Aired: 04/12/23
- [Man Voiceover] The weather is wacko.
- Hurricanes are intensifying.
- [Narrator] Extreme weather.
- [Man Voiceover] Drought and heat waves are more severe.
- [Narrator] Is threatening America.
- 30 or 40 mile an hour wind.
Howls for days on end.
- [Narrator] But across the country, people are fighting back.
(upbeat music) - We're not going anywhere.
- [Narrator] With innovation.
- We can substantially cool down cities.
- [Narrator] And ancient wisdom.
- Well, it's worked for 10,000 years.
It can work again.
- [Narrator] Weathering the Future on NOVA.
(upbeat music)
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