▁weather ▁scenes ▁bl ended ▁together ▁stock ▁foot age ▁of ▁real ▁natural ▁dis aster s ▁with ▁the ▁computer - generated ▁sh ots , ▁with ▁care ▁taken ▁to ▁match ▁up ▁the ▁details ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁scenes . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Category ▁ 6 ▁was ▁initially ▁a ired ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁CBS ▁as ▁a ▁two - part , ▁four - hour ▁min is eries . ▁The ▁first ▁part ▁a ired ▁on ▁Sunday , ▁November ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁followed ▁on ▁Wed nes day , ▁November ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁a ired ▁in ▁Australia ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁min is eries ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁to ▁Region ▁ 1 ▁DVD ▁by ▁CBS ▁Television ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁L ions ▁Gate ▁Entertainment ▁released ▁it , ▁together ▁with ▁fellow ▁dis aster ▁min is eries ▁ 1 0 . 5 , ▁as ▁a ▁two ▁feature ▁set . ▁ ▁The ▁full ▁min is eries ▁a ired ▁in ▁J ama ica ▁on ▁Television ▁J ama ica ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁The ▁min is eries ▁was ▁highly ▁successful ▁for ▁CBS , ▁as ▁ 1 9 . 4 ▁million ▁view ers ▁tun ed ▁in ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁made ▁it ▁the ▁channel ' s