The World's Deadliest Weather

A tsunami crashes on the coast of Chile, softball-sized hailstones smash windows in Texas, and Hurricane Matthew devastates Haiti. Plus the so-called 'morning glory clouds'.

In Japan's biggest national disaster since World War II, onlookers attempt to outrun a tsunami, even as the monstrous wave washes away entire towns.

Thailand experiences a fatal tsunami on Boxing Day 2004, with more than 250,000 casualties. Plus, another Boxing Day devastation comes in the form of a tornado in a Texas town.

A freak winter tornado in Illinois sees a man narrowly escape being crushed by his own house. A glacier falls in Greenland, releasing a wave resembling a tsunami.

Vehicles flee an enormous tornado as it crosses a highway outside El Reno, Oklahoma; a big wave surfer narrowly escapes death; a dust storm interrupts a wedding.

The strongest hurricane to ever hit the Western Hemisphere crashes into Mexico, a tornado tosses trucks in Texas, and a female driver is rescued from the Louisiana floods.

A hiker in a remote Canadian wilderness clings on for dear life as a glacial melt flash flood threatens to sweep him away.

An inferno tears through South Australia, threatening homes and livestock, and backpackers are stranded off the coast of Panama.

Everest base camp is wiped out after a massive Nepal earthquake triggers a deadly avalanche, causing mudslides to bury the whole village.

Hurricane Patricia lands in Mexico, sending tourists fleeing for their lives. An English summer fair is beset by a tornado, sending a bouncy castle sky high.

A holiday cruise ship sails into a hurricane, terrifying 4,000 passengers as their cabins are plunged underwater.

Eyewitness footage captures the moment a tornado tears through the town of Moore, Oklahoma, destroying two schools with the pupils still inside.

A horrifying tornado rips through Missouri, wiping out 200 houses a minute. Elsewhere, one man's underwater debacle results in a remarkable rescue.

Heatwave Lucifer burns though Europe, triggering some of the worst wildfires in Portugal's history, while a Mojave mudslide traps motorists in a raging torrent of sludge.

Irma, a category five hurricane, devastates the Caribbean. In Fiji, a carer battles catastrophic floods to reach children at an orphanage.

The worst earthquake in almost a century strikes Ecuador. Meanwhile, Indiana suffers one of its worst ever tragedies as a storm blows down the main stage during a festival.

Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains live up to their name as America's most popular national park goes up in flames. Meanwhile a mega typhoon pulverises Macao.

A bomb cyclone detonates across northeast America, snaring an elderly Michigan couple in a mass freeway pile-up. A hiker loses her nerve high on Ben Nevis.

Devastating mudflows flatten the Californian coastal community of Montecito; a sudden flash flood sweeps up an inexperienced kayaker in South Africa.

North California is besieged by a spate of raging wildfires. In Costa Rica, a tourist pleasure boat capsizes and in North Carolina, a tornado hits a superstore packed with shoppers.

A student chronicles 2017's Hurricane Maria as it decimates Puerto Rico. A hailstorm destroys a Dallas family home. A wilderness hiker clings on for dear life in a flash flood.

In South Africa, the Cape is struck by both a violent storm and catastrophic wildfires that overwhelm the emergency services.

A rare tornado decimates a small town in rural Uruguay, snaring a man in his car and obliterating a huge warehouse.

Two devastating earthquakes hit Mexico in quick succession; an Australian storm chaser becomes trapped in the middle of the most powerful tornado ever recorded in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Hurricane Harvey, one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the United States, rips a coastal town apart and dumps a once-in-a-thousand-years rainfall that drowns the city of Houston.

A record-breaking twister rips through Alabama. In South Africa, a violent storm with near-hurricane winds breaks the mooring lines of super-tankers.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano violently erupts; Good Samaritans in Texas rescue care home residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly flood waters.

Queensland Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland.

The LA Fire Department battle to rescue residents trapped by the flames in California; the biggest twister to hit the US for 60 years rips apart Joplin, Missouri.

A twister outbreak in Texas leaves a storm chaser trapped; in Florida, dangerous riptides drag swimmers out to sea; a sudden storm hits a holiday resort in Greece.

Hurricane Sandy whips up wild waves in the Atlantic, prompting a rescue mission by the U.S. Coast Guard; cavers in California get caught out by flash floods.

Flash floods tear through Maryland in the US, a couple get stranded in a Himalayan blizzard, and a boat race is besieged by a rare weather phenomenon.

A deadly volcano eruption causes catastrophic destruction, a tornado flips cars on a highway, and the HMS Coast Guard carry out a daring rescue mission.

A twister traps teachers and pupils at an American school; wildfires rip across the moors in the north of England; in Argentina, a trek nearly ends in tragedy for a group of hikers.

As the deadliest wildfire in Californian history tears across the state, one man battles the flames in a bid to save his home; a tornado tears apart a woman's home in Arkansas.

Hurricane Michael rips across the Florida panhandle, trapping a storm chaser; the UK coast guard battles gale force winds to save fishermen stranded on the hull of their capsized trawler.

Wildfires devastate the seaside village of Mati in Greece; monster hail pummels tourists and zoo animals in Colorado; hikers in Turkey fight for survival after they're stranded by a flash flood.

Hurricane Florence causes biblical-level flooding in North Carolina; a magnitude seven earthquake rocks Anchorage, Alaska; a colossal wave swamps a surfer in Nazaré, Portugal.

A record-breaking cyclone wrecks South Pacific islands and a ship is battered by a storm.

Easter Sunday brings a dangerous tornado spree to the southern states of the USA as a total of 140 tornados touch down across 10 states, inflicting catastrophic damage.

A violent tornado outbreak unleashes carnage on Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. A Swedish snow mobile rider gets lost in the mountains during a night-time adventure.

Heavy snow creates a treacherous situation for trekkers in the Himalayan mountains, when an earthquake-triggered avalanche sweeps into a busy base camp.

In the Philippines, the Taal volcano violently erupts; a snowboarder in Utah is left in agony after an off-piste adventure goes wrong; in the Grand Canyon, a microburst causes a deluge of mud and rock.

In California, blazing bushfires tear through communities and a good Samaritan in Sacramento, saves panicked drivers as flames take over the freeway.

Police officers form a human chain to rescue a family during tropical storm Imelda. A sightseer takes a plunge down a 50-foot waterfall and a damaged dam threatens to unleash.

Firefighters battle through apocalyptic scenes on Australia’s Kangaroo Island as it is besieged by deadly bushfires. In Kansas, two hard-core tornado chasers allow a tourist to ride along with them.

In New Zealand, the White Island volcano erupts, with deadly consequences; a major storm pounds the city of Perth, triggering flash flooding, hail and a near-fatal road accident.

In Tennessee, a violent tornado touches down in downtown Nashville, interrupting a live news broadcast and raking through the city. At the Hamma Hamma Falls, a kayaker races to rescue his friend.

In New South Wales, Australia, the worst bushfires in recent history attack multiple towns – overwhelming firefighters and trapping tourists at a lake front caravan park.

In Arkansas, two storm chasers help warn people that a tornado is barrelling towards them, wreaking havoc on downtown Jonesboro and leaving a trail of destruction.

A 19 year-old girl and her father go face-to-face with a fast-moving inferno as wildfires rip through Victoria, Australia. In the French Alps, two British skiers are engulfed by an avalanche.

The Bahamas gets pounded by 200mph winds during category 5 Hurricane Dorian – the most intense cyclone the country has ever seen. A mother and her baby are forced to swim through shark infested waters.

In Canada, there's nowhere to go as homes are washed down river.

Hurricane Ida hits New York City, a lakeside resort turns into a ball of flames.

A tornado touches down close to a school in Texas, and a volcanic eruption in Tonga.

A story of survival in sub-zero temperatures for seven days in the Canadian Rockies.

A wind driven wildfire consumes a Colorado neighbourhood.

A tornado forces a man to take cover in Vancouver, and a flash flood strikes in Australia.

In California, it's a vacation from hell as hundreds of campers flee a rampaging wildfire.

In Germany, floods tear through central European towns and villages.

In the US a man and his dog take cover as a rare tornado outbreak rips through towns.

In Tennessee, a river breaks its banks. In Canada a Tornado rips through a building site.

A once in a generation eruption on a volcanic island.

In Oregon, wildfires tear through the state. In Texas, a storm ruins a wedding.

In Louisiana, Hurricane Ida destroys homes and lives.

The worst flood in modern history devastates Valencia. In the US, the third-largest wildfire in Oregon rages for 39 days as multiple blazes burn nearly half a million acres.

The region of Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy is hit by devastating floods after six months' worth of rain falls in just 36 hours, engulfing nearby cities and towns.

A devastating hurricane strikes the Caribbean island of Carriacou, wiping out the entire infrastructure. A rare tornado catches people off guard in California.

Hurricane Idalia hurtles toward the US as one of the strongest storms on record ever to hit Florida's Big Bend region. Wildfires ravage Oregon as communities flee to safety.

Florida faces the fury of Hurricane Ian as it hammers the coast, bringing destructive downpours and a wild storm surge, while a wildfire rages across Portugal, forcing families to flee.

Hurricane Milton unleashes devastating tornadoes across Florida. Fierce winds fuel relentless fires in Maui. And a sailor battles for his life after being struck by lightning off Panama's coast.

Hurricane Helene triggers catastrophic flash floods in North Carolina, prompting dramatic rescues, and a rare derecho storm ravages downtown Houston, causing widespread destruction.

Ferocious winds fuel fire in LA, threatening multi-million-dollar homes. Rivers engulf Italian landscapes, while a historic hurricane hits Florida and volcanic eruptions strike Iceland.

The holiday hotspot of Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast is hit by record-breaking Hurricane Otis. In the UK, relentless rainfall turns landscapes into lakes, devastating communities.

A devastating typhoon in the Philippines destroys communities, leaving millions homeless, while a British hiker narrowly escapes an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan Mountains.

British travellers flee a raging wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes. A hailstorm disrupts an outdoor concert in Colorado, giving guests an unexpected show.

Extreme temperatures spark wildfires on England's east coast, overwhelming rescue teams, while a storm floods the Greek island of Skiathos, trapping tourists.

A look at the earthquakes which hit Turkey and Syria, toppling buildings and trapping residents.