freetown has to much more than the rainy season but in the dry season it faces a very different problem. much more on this talk of the day. so people when you have got on tonight tell us. one more russian what you have. is not easy for them to play do what every day. trees retain water they absorb it through their roots and release it slowly through the leaves into the atmosphere. to form again as rain. it is this ability of the forest to hold and release water that feeds the many streams in the hills around free time. streams feed rivers and rivers feed reservoirs. free turns population depends on these reservoirs for its drinking water. but without forest cover the water cycle breaks down as rainfall runs quickly off the slopes and into the sea. without the national park in its forests the city of one point three million people will find its water supply in jeopardy. the problems facing freetime are immense but the forests are resilient bachata could gama has seen first time time nature can recover from human interference five years ago a hillside outside the chimpanzee sanctuary was

freetown has to much more in the rainy season but in the dry season it faces a very different problem. much more on this tact of the disease so people who have gotten on tonight tell us. more russian what tell you how. soon is not easy for them to stop blood or die every day. trees retain water they absorb it through their roots and release it slowly through their leaves into the atmosphere. to fall again as rain. it is this ability of the forest to hold and release water that feeds the many streams in the hills around free time. streams feed rivers and rivers feed reservoirs. free turns population depends on these reza forests for its drinking water. but without forest cover the water cycle breaks down as rainfall runs quickly off the slopes and into the sea. without the national park in its forests a city of one point three million people will find its water supply in jeopardy. the problems facing freetime are immense but the forests are resilient. bachata you gonna has seen first time time nature can recover from human interference five years ago a hillside outside the chimpanzee s

freetown has to much more in the rainy season but in the dry season it faces a very different problem. much more on this tact of the day. so people really do how they are on tonight tell us. more russian what you have. still is not easy for them to stop bloody water every day. trees retain water they absorb it through their roots and release it slowly through their leaves into the atmosphere. to fall again as rain. it is this ability of the forest to hold and release water that feeds the many streams in the hills around free time. streams feed rivers and rivers feed reservoirs. free turns population depends on these reza forests for its drinking water. but without forest cover the water cycle breaks down as rainfall runs quickly off the slopes and into the sea. without the national park in its forests the city of one point three million people will find its water supply in jeopardy. the problems facing freetime are immense but the forests are resilient bachata could gama has seen first time time nature can recover from human interference five years ago a hillside outside the chimpanze

freetown has to much more than the rainy season but in the dry season it faces a very different problem. much more on this talk of the day. so people when you have got on tonight tell us. one more russian what you have. still is not easy for them to play do what every day. trees retain water they absorb it through their roots and release it slowly through their leaves into the atmosphere. to form again as rain. it is this ability of the forest to hold and release water that feeds the many streams in the hills around free time. streams feed rivers and rivers feed reservoirs. free turns population depends on these reza forests for its drinking water. but without forest cover the water cycle breaks down as rainfall runs quickly off the slopes and into the sea. without the national park in its forests the city of one point three million people will find its water supply in jeopardy. the problems facing freetime are immense but the forests are resilient bachata you gonna fall has seen first time time nature can recover from human interference five years ago a hillside outside the chimpanzee

architects million scarboro and quinn journey alan return to freetown at the end of syrian civil war and find a city where the rule book could be in front at the window. like they warned of the dangers the city faced. truly remarkable what is happening. just post more post-war. a. small area that opened up totally unplanned. three hundred home. were destroyed in the region planned slight. but the collapse of the hillside didn't just destroy the houses beneath us. he created a mudslide an avalanche of water earth and stone that swept downhill towards the sea. the houses that stood in its way were built in floodplains were close to water courses areas normally classed as high risk when i got to know it would i want to be with. you. now maybe you did if you work around it or well being get away. with the family or die a. little tin shack there has been built into the side of the hill and the earth is left exposed will rain come in will cause that slope to fail if you have houses like this it would all of them would just be going collaterally despite the disaster when in manila find the

narrator: on this episode of "earth focus," two cities-- freetown, sierra leone, and san francisco, california-- continents apart, vastly different culturally and economically, yet facing the same struggle to adapt to rapid urbanization, all set against the backdrop of a dramatically changing climate.e. [film advance clickining] man: oh, no! woman: the red cross says more than 600 people are now missing and that more than 200 have been killed after heavy rain caused a severe mudslide in the w west african nation of sierra leone.. [car horns honking] [insects chirping] amarasekaren: oo oo oo! what's happening? what's happening? no big problem, huh? okok. when we geget problem... man: whoa! [men shouting] [indistinct conversation] narrator: while freetown residents fight for accountabability, in san francisco, climate change isn't debated asas much as i it's mitigigated. billions of dollars are pouring into the bay area, but is tech-driven development prepared for a sea level that's rising? scholl: san francisco is experiencing a tremendous building boom and has been for the last 5 years. tam: w