World's Wildest Weather

We follow four remarkable stories of survival as we witness one man's lucky escape from Tennessee's deadliest wildfire, the dramatic rescue of a woman submerged in a ferocious mudslide, unsuspecting civilians who escape a deadly EF5 tornado by locking themselves in a bank vault and a storm chaser who battles the eye of the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Mexico.

During one of the most catastrophic floods to ever hit Queensland, a mother and her children find themselves imprisoned on the roof of their home.

The severe weather events which struck the UK over the Christmas period of 2015 will never be forgotten, particularly for the proud owner of a family paper business which was destroyed by the tragic flooding.

A storm chaser finds himself caught up in the eye of the widest tornado in recorded history, as he and his crew narrowly escape with their lives, whilst the county Sherriff takes us through the moments he and his colleagues followed the tornado's path in order to help its victims.

Hail storms are mostly harmless weather phenomena that encourage us to stay indoors until it's over, but sometimes even staying inside your home won't protect you.

In Australia an unsuspecting tourist drives straight into the path of a raging bushfire, unrelenting floods cause thousands of people to flee their homes, a man sees his life flash before his eyes as he is struck in the head by lightning, and a filmmaker comes to a family's aid during a catastrophic hurricane.