Synopsis
Footage of the most extreme weather conditions in the UK over the past year, from the worst floods in a decade and a freak landslide in Fife, to an account of being in a house when it is struck by lightning. The programme also explains the scientific reasons behind the wildfire that destroyed one of the UK's most precious nature reserves, as well as a look back at record-breaking days of both heat and rain.
- Programme: Britain's Wildest Weather
- Episode: Britain's Wildest Weather 2020
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2020
- Geography | Natural World | Weather and Climate | Climate Change
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