Synopsis
Mike, Dougal and Leah are on an epic, rain-soaked, monsoon journey. The team travel the length of India tracking the monsoon - the world's biggest weather phenomenon - as it passes over the country to the world's wettest place. Leah then reveals an amazing way the locals deal with the record-breaking rain, whilst Dougal abseils down a huge waterfall and explores the huge cave systems created by the torrential downpours.
- Programme: Fierce Earth
- Series: 2
- Episode: 5: World's Wettest Place
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Geography | Human and physical geography | Climate zones
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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