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The World's Deadliest Weather S06E02 (1st October 2025)
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00:00The weather, the pulse of our planet, capable of catastrophic destruction,
00:13leaving landscapes in total ruin.
00:19As global temperatures rise, the weather is spiraling out of control.
00:26Oh, you!
00:29With shocking up-close footage.
00:32We had 24-foot dumpsters rolling by.
00:35Oh, shoot! I'm losing it. My trail is going.
00:38From the front line of fear.
00:40This might be the last time I'm in my house.
00:43Cordango!
00:45I got sucked out feet first.
00:48Felt myself hit the ground.
00:51Our island is in trouble!
00:53We meet the people who have stared death in the face.
00:57Oh, dear God.
00:59All I could hear was run, run, run.
01:01And miraculously survived.
01:04Look at that!
01:06The world's deadliest weather.
01:09Coming up.
01:18Is there a problem?
01:20Record-breaking temperatures spark unstoppable wildfires on the east coast of England.
01:26I've never seen anything quite like I saw when I arrived.
01:30Overwhelming emergency crews and forcing residents to fend for themselves.
01:36We might be at hold of it with a house pipe.
01:39How wrong I was.
01:41A sudden, savage storm swamps the Greek island of Skiathos.
01:46Oh!
01:47I smoke it!
01:48Turning roads into rivers and trapping tourists.
01:52We just couldn't believe what we were seeing.
01:55In Texas, two terrified travelers are caught in their car.
02:00Cover your head!
02:01Cover your head!
02:02As a treacherous tornado tears through town.
02:07And in Florida...
02:08Oh, no!
02:09It's got the house!
02:10Oh, my gosh!
02:11...a whirling water spud whips up chaos in Crystal River.
02:16Everybody in the sky!
02:18One of the worst things I've ever been through.
02:20I absolutely feel lucky that I survived.
02:23Better go!
02:24It's coming!
02:33July 2022.
02:36A freak heat wave sees temperatures in the UK soar to over 40 degrees centigrade for the first time in British history.
02:44You got a problem?
02:46Wildfires spontaneously ignite in fields and forests across England and swiftly start to devour farms and homes.
02:55Fire services around the country are stretched to breaking point.
03:01During the summer of 2022, the heat intensified significantly, particularly across central and eastern areas of England.
03:08We broke the all-time United Kingdom temperature record, reaching 40 degrees Celsius for the first time.
03:15So we had this hot spell of weather, and that is obviously going to dry the land out and make it ripe for wildfires.
03:23One of the regions most affected by the wildfires is Norfolk, on the east coast of England, an area that comes under the jurisdiction of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Services Group Manager Jenny Shamp.
03:39I've been in Norfolk Fire Service for 25 years now.
03:44We've always had summers where we've had lots of field fires, but nothing compared to the July of 2022.
03:51During that day, we had 588 emergency calls to our control room.
03:58As soon as you were finished at one job, you were called by control on the radio and asked to go to another job.
04:05The village of Ash Hill in central Norfolk is home to 19-year-old George Butters, who lives with his parents.
04:14Their neighbour Graham lives across the street.
04:18I was just laying in bed with my window a bit open.
04:21I could smell a bit of smoke.
04:23I ran to Dad, who was in my kitchen, and we went across the road to Graham's house.
04:28Behind our house is open fields.
04:32We have a farm over in the corner.
04:35And we could just see a fire from his garden.
04:38So I started recording that.
04:42I saw a little fire across a field.
04:46I thought it shouldn't be too bad.
04:48It could just be a combine harvester or something.
04:53No idea.
04:56And then we slowly see it catching onto a bush and just coming closer and closer.
05:00And then we started to worry a bit.
05:06You could see it was coming our way because the smoke was coming our way, you know.
05:10And fierce as well.
05:15I was shocked it was getting to us quicker and quicker.
05:18You could feel the heat from it.
05:19It was moving so quickly.
05:21You could actually hear it sweeping through the wheat field.
05:24It was a shock how quick it was.
05:26It was very scary.
05:27We really did panic.
05:28We thought, this is serious.
05:34Got on to phone to the fire brigade.
05:36And we were told that they would be maybe an hour, hour and a half before they get to us.
05:41I got a call on the radio from Control.
05:44We needed to go to a job straight away.
05:49I thought, I'll try the best I can.
05:50So I started to try to damp things down the best I could.
05:53We might, you know, we had a hold of it with a hose pipe.
05:56How wrong I was.
06:00It was actually so hot and things were just melting.
06:06Gas bottles were blowing up in the air and the speed and the ferocity of it was unbelievable.
06:11It was unbelievable.
06:24In the US, deep in the heart of Florida's Gulf Coast, lies the city of Crystal River.
06:33A spectacular spot, famed for its crystal clear freshwater springs and abundant wildlife.
06:40Oh, my gosh.
06:47But on Father's Day 2024.
06:50Better go.
06:51It's coming.
06:53But Crystal River residents are subjected to a sudden and terrifying weather event.
07:00Oh, no.
07:05Don't do that right now.
07:11A water spout is basically the same as a tornado, but it happens over water.
07:16It can have significant impacts.
07:17If you're on a boat, it's the same as being caught out by a tornado over lands.
07:22Water spouts can occur when you have an updraft overhead and a lot of vorticity in the atmosphere that causes spin.
07:29So water spouts can still be dangerous as they make their way on shore and go from water spout to tornado with the same funnel.
07:41Chuck and Becky Caudill live on their sailboat and spend half the year in Crystal River.
07:47Living on the sailboat is an incredibly different life than living on land. It's just an amazing lifestyle.
07:56We have lived on our sailboat for over 15 years. We winter in Crystal River for hurricane season and we go cruising usually on the west coast of Florida when it's not hurricane season.
08:12The town of Crystal River is the manatee capital of the world.
08:18It's a huge bay. It has over 77 Crystal Springs, 99% freshwater, wildlife everywhere. The manatees just swim around. They bump into the boat. It's amazing.
08:34Another permanent resident of Crystal River is kayaker Gene Strange.
08:44My favorite thing to do in Crystal River is obviously to be on the water.
08:47Nice day.
08:49Kayaking, fishing, being a part of the sun and everything that nature has to offer is what I enjoy to do most here in Crystal River.
08:57The weather conditions here can be pretty dramatic. I mean, we do get storms that roll through almost every evening.
09:06So although Florida seems like it's sunny and beautiful all the time, it can be unpredictable.
09:14June 16th, 2024. And the weather in Crystal River is about to take its most unpredictable turn yet.
09:22It was a quiet day. We're on the boat. I walked into the galley and I noticed it was getting a little bit windy outside.
09:32I called Chuck and I said, you might want to check the weather. By the time he walked into the galley, there were white caps in the water.
09:40I thought, what is going on? The water starts churning like it was, I don't know, like, yeah, like a washing machine.
09:52And the next thing I know, I saw what you would normally see in a parking lot if you watch a dust tornado form.
10:00The only difference was, it was, you know, 20 meters across or bigger, and it was water.
10:11It was insane. The funnel was this massive, long, thin funnel. It just seemed to never end.
10:25This tornado is literally right next to us.
10:32You could see it pick up debris from the island.
10:35Reeds and branches, and then it started picking other things up.
10:41Anything that was loose was just being sucked up into it.
10:46All these different things started flying up over the tree line, out into the bay.
11:04The U.S. experiences 1,200 tornadoes per year, each bringing varying degrees of devastation.
11:11China also faces around 100 tornadoes annually on average, many of which are deadly.
11:24This terrifying twister tearing through Chaoja in the Guangdong province is the result of Typhoon Chava thrashing southern China in July of 2022.
11:36The funnel flings debris high into the air before tearing sheets of metal and eventually a roof from a local factory.
11:51The whirlwind whips up chaos for a total of 10 minutes before it eventually subsides, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
12:02But thankfully, no casualties.
12:08And it's not only urban areas that face the wrath of treacherous tornadoes.
12:14October 2024.
12:16A landspout tears through a desert in Malihar, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.
12:21Locals capture the fascinating footage which shows the landspout spiralling its way across the sand.
12:35The towering vortex spins violently as it fills the sky with swirling sand.
12:39The winds inside a landspout can reach 160 kilometers per hour, so best to avoid as spotted in the open desert.
12:52Texas experiences more tornadoes than anywhere else in the U.S.
13:08On average, around 137 of them every year.
13:14It's crazy.
13:16But in May 2024, the state experiences six sudden terrifying tornadoes in a single day.
13:26One of them moving at 217 kilometers per hour.
13:33Cover your head!
13:35Tragically killing seven people.
13:38Valley View, Texas, in the U.S., is home to a concert venue frequented by country music fans Valina Gill and her friend Brenda.
13:51I believe my love of country music started when I was in mom's womb.
13:59It's definitely in my blood.
14:02It's the night of the 25th of May.
14:05Valina and Brenda are heading out to enjoy a country music concert in nearby Valley View.
14:12We're trying to get ready.
14:14When Brenda's phone alerts them to an incoming storm.
14:17We thought we were actually going to get ahead of this storm.
14:24But it didn't happen.
14:27We come out and see the lightning. There was some wind.
14:31No hail. Please no hail.
14:34We never dreamed we were driving right into this tornado.
14:39Valina is driving.
14:42It was really starting to rain.
14:44I told her, I said, we really need to put it on local radio.
14:50So we can see if there are any warnings right now.
14:54The tornado warning for the storm.
14:57Your Valley View is crossing at 35 now.
14:59When they said the tornado was crossing 35.
15:04We were already there at that low note exit.
15:07Rain is coming down. I'm focusing on the road.
15:12And I start seeing, I thought what was hell hitting the car, but didn't realize that was debris flying.
15:19I told her to take the exit, hoping we could get to shelter.
15:26But that did not happen.
15:29We barely made it to the stop sign.
15:32Oh, my God. We're right in the middle of the tornado.
15:35Right there.
15:37The wind whipping around the car.
15:40All the debris hitting the car.
15:43It sounded like hell.
15:45And all of a sudden, you see a barrel right in front of us.
15:51And then the barrel flies off to the left.
15:55I had my head between my knees, telling her to cover her head.
16:02Cover your head. Cover your head.
16:04Cover your head.
16:06That was terrifying.
16:07I mean, we were already in it and nothing we could do.
16:10My heart was pounding.
16:13It was hard to breathe.
16:16All you can hear is the wind.
16:20Still flying.
16:22My biggest fear was dying.
16:24I mean, I'm not afraid to die, but I don't want it to be a painful death.
16:30Brenda, what do I do? What do I do?
16:32And she wouldn't answer me.
16:34I was praying.
16:36That's why I was so quiet.
16:37Praying that we made it out.
16:40Okay.
16:41Okay.
16:43The winds kind of just slowed down.
16:46And like it would let little pause in the weather.
16:50We're still alive.
16:52I said, hey, V, we're still alive.
16:54We made it.
16:56We can't go nowhere.
16:57We can't go nowhere.
16:59Everything was blocked.
17:00There was cars wrapped with awnings and everything else on the interstate.
17:04We're totally devastated at how bad this storm was.
17:13We're very lucky.
17:19Very lucky.
17:20The tornado is later categorized as an EF3, the third most serious kind, meaning the damage it caused was severe.
17:32But the near-death experience only strengthened the bond between the two friends.
17:37Cover your head.
17:38That was the most scariest thing I've ever been involved in.
17:42Brenda being with me was like my security blanket.
17:46I would be lost without her in that car.
17:49We tell people we definitely had angels with us.
17:55Nothing really has changed.
17:58We tend to check the weather a lot more now.
18:00We're still chasing the music like we always do.
18:04They now call us Twister Sisters.
18:15July 2022.
18:18The UK is ablaze with uncontrollable wildfires, fueled by unprecedented temperatures and dry conditions.
18:25Can't ever stay.
18:27The emergency services are inundated with calls for help as the flames start to engulf houses around the country.
18:37One of the most dangerous things about wildfires is that they can be quite unpredictable and erratic.
18:42Even if we know all of the elements involved, we're looking at changing wind directions, changing fuel sources and the impact of people in different areas.
18:52It can be hard to predict where they're going to go and definitely hard to control them.
18:55On the east coast of England, Fire and Rescue Group Services Manager Jenny Shamp is called to the village of Ash Hill in Norfolk.
19:04When I arrived at Ash Hill, I went to the street and I was expecting to see a fire engine.
19:10I've never seen anything quite like I saw when I arrived.
19:15A thick black cloud of smoke rushing over the houses at the front end of the street and it was going over the houses across the road and it was dropping large clumps of embers.
19:28With the fire service at capacity, the villagers pulled together to help with the rescue effort.
19:36One of them is drone operator William Gentry.
19:40I've been flying drones since 2021.
19:44From what I remember from that day, it was incredibly hot, air con to the max, which is completely unusual in the car.
19:54All of a sudden, on the distance, I could just about see some black smoke.
19:59I'm getting closer and closer and closer and I realised that, hang on a second, this might not be a hay bale on fire or a field on fire.
20:10It was huge, huge plumes of smoke and really worrying that, you know, people were in danger.
20:16I decided to put the drone up in the air and see what I could find.
20:23I hover over the field and I've never seen anything like it. It was complete chaos.
20:31I could see the whole village of Ash Hill and half of it was under thick black smoke with a trail of devastation along the edge of the field.
20:51And at the bottom of the field, these houses at the bottom were completely engulfed in flames.
20:56I have never in my career in the fire service seen a field fire become involved into a house fire.
21:06It was already at the rear of the properties. It was going up into the roof and on the facial boards.
21:15First concern was the making sure that all of the people on the street were evacuated because it was likely to spread.
21:23All three of those fire engines that were initially unseen, they were using the hose reel jets to stop those houses becoming involved any further.
21:32The biggest problem with the app is being in Norfolk, we're a rural county, water supplies aren't brilliant.
21:39The water pressure is quite poor, so getting water was one of the biggest issues as well.
21:43The sheer number of fires breaking out is an even bigger problem for the emergency services.
21:52That's probably a bit of a house. Yeah.
21:54In the control room of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, Paul Seaman, head of operations, is struggling to stay on top of the deluge of incoming calls for assistance.
22:04We knew that we were going to be busy. What actually happened during that day, though, was something that we hadn't witnessed before.
22:10And our control room operators were working under extreme pressure. The 999 lines never stopped, which ultimately resulted in the declaration of a major incident, which means that we can give our emergency service partners and our partners in local communities the awareness that we are struggling.
22:28We may need some help.
22:32In Ash Hill, drone operator William is searching the huge blaze area for residents in need of help.
22:42I start to notice a group of people to the side of the field grabbing buckets, filling up the buckets from a fish pond, chucking it on the fire.
22:51The fire at this point is a telegraph pole or a power line that's on fire. So at this point, I'm calling 999, letting them know that, you know, I believe these people are in danger.
23:05So if they could, they could drop in and have a look.
23:08But it's, it's my understanding that because there were two fires along the same road, the operator didn't understand that this was a new fire.
23:15At this point, I'm getting really concerned that the messages aren't getting through. So I leave the drone in the air, quickly drove down the road, found a local fire engine, shoot them my screen and help arrived for those people.
23:30A few doors done, resident Graham is fighting the blaze in his garden, desperately trying to stop the fire from reaching his home.
23:39There was so much smoke that you had a job to actually see the fire.
23:45That's when my wife was screaming and saying, oh, he's gone. The flames went past me.
23:50And I dropped to the floor. When I looked up there, well, it was absolutely roaring.
23:56Nothing I could do but run.
23:58Run.
24:09Back in Crystal River, on the west coast of Florida.
24:14A huge water spout has formed over the bay.
24:19This is insane.
24:20It's already passed over Chuck and Becky's sailboat.
24:25Anything that was loose was just being sucked up into it.
24:29And is headed towards land, where kayaker Gene is watching the event unfold from a local restaurant.
24:35And as it went across the bay, you could tell that it was gaining strength.
24:45You could tell that the swirling of the air and the water that it was picking up was increasing.
24:55Restaurant staff immediately started putting things away and trying to get the patrons to safety.
25:01Because everything that is loose then becomes an object that can hurt people.
25:06Honestly? Yeah.
25:08But not everyone was able to find shelter.
25:11Local resident, Taylor Burbank, was in his boat traveling along one of the bay's inlets
25:17when the water spout appeared in front of him.
25:20Oh, my God.
25:22And I saw the most beautiful water spout.
25:25Crystal River, Father's Day tornado.
25:28I wasn't frightened at all, even though I should have been.
25:32I felt lucky.
25:33I felt like I had a front row seat.
25:36It was peaceful.
25:37It was attractive.
25:38And I just wanted to stare at it.
25:41Just amazing.
25:44Look at that.
25:46And then I saw it hit.
25:48The house is on the point.
25:52Oh, no. It's got the house.
25:54Oh, my gosh.
25:55It just took them right off the slab.
25:59I mean, everything was gone.
26:03Oh, no.
26:06Oh, no.
26:08And they just kind of vanished.
26:10They went into the water and pieces sunk everywhere.
26:13It was just gone.
26:15This thing just took two homes away in seconds.
26:19Oh, my God.
26:20I realized that somebody could have been hurt.
26:25Oh, no.
26:27That's what was on my mind right then.
26:30As Taylor races towards the demolished houses to search for survivors, Gene can only watch on in horror from the restaurant.
26:39Immediately after it hit the houses, we could see the debris still flying through the air.
26:45Better go. Better go.
26:48It turned towards the restaurant that I was at.
26:51It's coming.
26:52It just seemed to keep gathering steam.
26:55It was pretty monstrous.
26:59The water was churning.
27:01It was pulling the energy from the air and building.
27:05And as it got closer, it just seemed inevitable that it was going to hit the restaurant.
27:10The Greek island of Skiathos in the Northwest Aegean Sea is a picturesque paradise.
27:23Known for its breathtaking beaches, this idyllic island is a favorite among sun-seeking holidaymakers and families.
27:32But in the summer of 2023, torrential rain leads to catastrophic flash flooding that completely devastates the island.
27:43Oh, it's lovely.
27:49Vicky Jolly from Manchester in the UK is planning a family vacation.
27:54And her sights are set firmly on Skiathos.
27:57We did some research into the island and just absolutely fell in love with it.
28:02And we decided that we'd book a two-week holiday with my birthday being in the middle because I was turning 25.
28:08In August of 2023, Vicky and her family jet off to sunny Skiathos for the trip of a lifetime.
28:16We were staying in a small family-run hotel that was just off the Old Town port.
28:22The first week, the weather was absolutely perfect.
28:25We spent the day out on the boat going all around the island, swimming, sunbathing.
28:32We had no idea that the weather was going to turn the way it did.
28:39Suddenly the rain was just absolutely pouring down.
28:43The lightning was really intense.
28:46The whole sky would go from pitch black to completely lit up.
28:49It was quite biblical almost, like something I'd never seen.
29:00After days of heavy rain, the waterlogged roads on Skiathos begin to flood.
29:05Where we were staying in the hotel, we're effectively at the bottom of quite a large hill.
29:14What were roads and pathways just really quickly turned into rivers.
29:18The water outside was just ferocious.
29:22We were unable to leave the hotel.
29:24If you stepped outside, you'd be swept away and out into the sea.
29:30We just couldn't believe what we were seeing from the balcony below us.
29:33We weren't sure if there were people inside the cars when they'd been swept away.
29:48Luckily nobody was in there, but it was quite terrifying.
29:52You were getting alerts constantly that were saying stay where you are, don't risk travelling.
30:00Everybody was quite distressed.
30:03Some people's rooms were also flooded and nobody could drink the water.
30:10The island is entirely without water or power.
30:14Flights in and out are cancelled and the mayor declares a state of emergency.
30:20But as the days pass, the floods on Skiathos begin to subside.
30:27It's honestly crazy seeing how much damage it's caused to the cars and things on the road.
30:32Just how much silt there is on the floor as well.
30:35There'll be a really big cleaning drop.
30:37It was really distressing to see just how bad the level of destruction was across the island.
30:44The roads that practically erupted from underneath.
30:47And the town itself was in a really bad state.
30:52It felt almost apocalyptic.
30:55Eventually, flights out of the island resume and Vicky and her family are able to board a plane back to the UK.
31:02It just felt like such a relief to get back on the plane.
31:08I just remember the pilot saying on the intercom, you know, you guys have been through a lot.
31:13We're going to get you home now.
31:14Skiathos definitely wasn't the holiday that we'd imagined.
31:20It turned from, you know, paradise to hellish almost overnight.
31:26But it made me think about a few things.
31:29Not to take things for granted, that things can change in the blink of an eye.
31:36But also just how uncontrollable nature and the weather can actually be.
31:40Large bodies of water can be even more dangerous when mixed with extreme climates.
31:57When temperatures plummet below zero for an extended period of time, lakes and ponds can transform into giant ice blocks.
32:08But the seemingly solid surfaces can pose unpredictable danger.
32:12As this couple find when they decided to take a shortcut across a frozen river in Wu Jiaychu city in northwest China.
32:26Dash cam footage shows the car coasting along the snow on the Mengjing Reservoir before skidding on thin ice.
32:35The vehicle suddenly spins out of control.
32:39And the ice cracks beneath it.
32:46As they sink into the freezing water, the couple scream for help.
32:54Eventually managing to free themselves.
33:01And miraculously escaping unscathed.
33:04Sadly, the same can't be said for the car.
33:18Despite the deceptively solid state of ice, frozen bodies of water need to be approached with caution.
33:24As this off-piece skier in the French Alps found in April of 2022.
33:35Deceived by a blanket of snow, the skier comfortably makes his way down the mountain.
33:40Recording the descent via camera on his helmet.
33:45When the ground fully gives way, he plummets feet first into a deep glacier crevasse.
33:53The heart-stopping footage shows him free-falling down into the gaping void.
33:59Thinking quickly, he wedges his skis into the snow on the side, slowing his drop and likely saving his own life.
34:09Fortunately, he was part of a team of experienced skiers who were eventually able to bring him back up to safety.
34:19Back in Crystal River on the west coast of Florida.
34:36A monstrous water spud is ripping across the bay, demolishing waterfront properties and threatening lives.
34:53Oh no, it's at the house!
34:55Oh my God!
34:57Kayaker Gene Strange is watching from the shelter of a nearby restaurant.
35:02We could tell that it was coming for us.
35:05The waves were increasing, and it was coming straight towards the restaurant that we were at.
35:11It seemed inevitable that the restaurant was going to be hit.
35:17And we were frantically yelling for the boats to move.
35:23Better go! Better go!
35:26But the one boat, the blue and white boat, just seemed to not notice.
35:32It's coming!
35:34This tornado or this water spout that was about to hit them.
35:38It's going right for that guy.
35:41As they moored across the front of the restaurant, it was inevitable they were going to be impacted directly by this.
35:49I'm just worried about that guy in the boat.
35:51Oh my God!
35:55And as that tornado made impact with them, the boat violently got pushed onto the side.
36:02It slapped the water. The captain got ejected into the water. It was very dramatic.
36:07When I put the camera down and started running towards their safety and wanted to make sure they were okay.
36:14I absolutely was responding on adrenaline.
36:17As I was doing that, the water spout dissipated.
36:22It was no longer a threat.
36:26We throw them some flotation devices.
36:30He was able to get back into the boat and were shaken out.
36:33But other than that, they were okay.
36:35On the other side of the bay, boat owners Chuck and Becky are still in shock after their close encounter with the water spout.
36:43After it dissipated and I knew at that point that we were safe, the surrealness of what had just happened hit us.
36:54At that point, I actually started shaking and I told Becky, that is one of the worst things I'd ever been through.
37:00At that point, I'm just thankful it's over. I absolutely feel lucky that I survived it.
37:06I decided to launch my kayak and go over across the bay to check on the houses that were hit and see if there was people that were impacted.
37:16Heading in the same direction, on his boat, is local resident Taylor Burbank.
37:21Oh my God, I gotta see.
37:25I thought I need to go see who's hurt.
37:28Oh no!
37:32Oh my God, the debris is everywhere.
37:36Oh my gosh, the whole house is in the water.
37:40Oh no!
37:42It ripped the boat top off, the whole trees, the whole houses.
37:46Hey! Is everybody okay?
37:48I was adrenaline rushed, you know, and then I saw a kayaker out there.
37:54My friend, Gene.
37:56And as we rolled up on the scene, we realized that the houses that were at the end of that pier were completely demolished.
38:01Oh my, oh my God.
38:03What just, what just happened?
38:12And you just had a feeling that, oh my gosh, if somebody was in the house, they're either in the water or they're not alive anymore.
38:20I became worried that we were no longer approaching a rescue situation, but a recovery situation.
38:28All in the bag.
38:29The emergency services arrived quickly to find both houses empty with no casualties.
38:37But the damage to the properties is extensive.
38:40One thing about Florida is that when a storm comes through or a hurricane, they've learned to rebuild.
38:51They learn to bond together and to make sure that things are taken care of.
38:55The main impact to me was just to be ready, to plan for something that can happen so quickly.
39:02This tornado is literally right next to us.
39:04It hit so quick and so suddenly nobody could have predicted it was there.
39:10We have seen Mother Nature do some impressive things.
39:15But after this, we have a more profound sense of respect than we ever did.
39:22Every storm that we go through, it kind of heightens that a little bit.
39:25But this heightened it a lot.
39:27Yeah.
39:40Back in Norfolk, on the east coast of England.
39:46It's hot in the sea.
39:48Ferocious fires are being fueled by strong winds.
39:52It's got a bit of house.
39:53Yeah.
39:55Forcing the residents of the village of Ash Hill to fight the flames themselves.
40:01After the emergency services declare a major incident.
40:05For people experiencing fire that's coming towards them,
40:09it's something that you wouldn't ever be able to prepare someone for.
40:13Is there a problem?
40:15Our firefighters are trained to work in those environments.
40:18Members of the public aren't.
40:20And I can only imagine how frightening that must have been.
40:23Elderly resident Graham Phillips is risking his life trying to protect his home from the encroaching inferno.
40:31The noise and the smoke that was coming off it was unbelievable.
40:35There was so much smoke that you had a job to actually see the fight.
40:39I thought to myself, well, what I'll have to do is try to put the water onto the summer house as best I could.
40:45And that is when it actually literally exploded.
40:50My wife was screaming and saying, oh, he's gone. The flames went past me.
40:55And I dropped to the floor.
40:56When I looked up there, well, it was absolutely roaring.
41:02Nothing I could do apart from run.
41:06I've never seen anything burn like it so quick.
41:09The noise, the heat, the smoke was so vicious that it went where it wanted to go.
41:17Leap from behind you and went everywhere. It was just absolute chaos.
41:21Really was in the lap of the gods which way it wanted to go, the fire.
41:28I was heading towards the farm.
41:31And the farmer was jumping up and down, what can I do?
41:33Well, that's going to go into my straw store.
41:36And then someone said to him, well, you've got a tractor, you've got a plough.
41:40And with that, he whizzed round, got it out and he ploughed himself a farrow.
41:43It's like a fire break and it worked, you know.
41:48Nearly all the stuff that could burn, had burned.
41:51So the fire virtually went out on its own in the end.
41:55More than 800 wildfires were recorded in the UK on July 19th, 2022.
42:03Dozens of homes and businesses across the country were completely destroyed.
42:09The London Fire Brigade reported its busiest days since World War II.
42:15And Norfolk Fire and Rescue resorted to pulling fire engines from its museum to help transport water to battle the blazes.
42:23Graham, in particular, is grateful to have had a lucky escape.
42:30This is all we've got left.
42:34Our summer house.
42:36Our trees.
42:38And yesterday on the 19th, we had a slight fire.
42:44We were so lucky.
42:45I mean, it burnt the grass, it burnt everything.
42:47I don't know how the hell I survived, personally.
42:53And that's where the fire came from.
42:56Could have been worse.
42:57Far, far worse.
42:59I think everybody was so shocked when we actually walked round and see what damage had been done.
43:04Some of these had only just been done up to be sold.
43:07There's that brand new conservatory, melted.
43:09I think it's really made people stand back and think, well, yes, a disaster can happen in minutes.
43:17Taking the ruddy roofs right off of these.
43:23The next day, I decided to go back and view the aftermath.
43:27Everything is black. It's just unbelievable.
43:33And, you know, it's just so incredibly sad to see that people had lost their homes.
43:40There's firefighters still on scene putting out hot spots, using thermal imaging cameras just to make sure that nothing's going to come back and blaze.
43:50I've never seen anything like that scene in my life.
43:56The number of properties that were affected and the sense of destruction of the houses.
44:03We were working throughout the night and during the next day as well just to make sure that everything was fully extinguished.
44:11My firefighters on the grounds worked extremely hard throughout all of these incidents.
44:16We saw the most extreme wildfire period that we've seen in the UK and we didn't lose any lives.
44:25And actually that's a success story and it just makes me immensely proud to be part of the Fire and Rescue Service.
44:31It means that we can build on it for the future and make sure we learn the lessons that we did on that day.
44:36It's just a complete sense of shock that anything like this could happen in Norfolk when we really don't have weather like this, you know, since or before.
44:48It's a huge reminder of how dangerous fire can be.
44:51The weather, the pulse of the earth and an uncontrollable force.
45:11Our island is in trouble.
45:14As global temperatures rise.
45:17This is my real last time, I'm in my house.
45:20The weather is getting more extreme.
45:23It's an unsophageable force.
45:24And even more catastrophic.
45:28It's the most active I've ever seen it.
45:31With devastating consequence.
45:33You better go, it's coming.
45:34Proving once again that we are no match for the world's deadliest weather.
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