Synopsis
Dr Helen Czerski peers into the heart of the storm to find out how advances in technology are giving new insight into tornadoes - the fastest winds on the planet.
- Programme: Dangerous Earth
- Episode: 5: Tornado
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2016
- Geography
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