Weather Terror

Two Brits in the Philippines are caught in the most devestating typhoon on record, a family's trip to France becomes a scramble for survival when torrential floods wash away their camp, and a day at a music festival goes badly wrong when a killer storm strikes out of the blue.

A cruise ship magician saves more than 500 passengers, a South Pacific holidaymaker gets caught in a category-five cyclone, and a summer heatwave sets fire to 31 square miles of the Costa del Sol.

The only way for Maureen and David to escape the torrential rain of Maccu Picchu is across a dilapidated bridge over a raging river. In the Pacific, a 70ft racing yacht is flipped and pinned down.

British midwife Carol shelters from a category-five cyclone and ends up helping to give birth to a baby girl. Paul from Yorkshire gets caught in a brutal Himalayan blizzard, and rookie storm chasers get out of their depth in Tornado Alley.

Documentary series about extreme and life-threatening weather events. A British backpacker recalls being caught in the eye of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, and former British soldier Dom thought his number was up when, as he crossed the Atlantic in a small boat, a storm bought skyscaper-sized waves directly in his path.

There should be a programme description here, but Channel 5 didn't bother providing one. It's a safe bet that that this episode features some pretty awesome lightning storms though!