The World's Weirdest Weather

The UK’s weather may be varied, but it’s not particularly weird. Even the storms and floods we experienced last winter were part of our natural weather patterns, and have occurred many times in the past. That’s not the case when it comes to weather events around the globe, where things can get seriously bizarre - and we’ve got the footage to prove it.

Weatherman Alex Beresford explores the world of weird weather. Using a combination of footage from smart phones and cameras, personal testimonies, experiments and demos he examines some of the planet’s most bizarre weather phenomena.

In this programme we witness remarkable weather events including a flash flood in New Zealand that washes a dozen eels into a suburban street. In Brazil, a huge swarm of spiders raining through the sky is caught on camera. We discover how spiders, powered by static electricity from a thunderstorm, can seemingly fly. In Argentina, a strange wave submerges a whole town, only for it to re-emerge as an eerie ghost town 30 years later. The programme also investigates the science behind a barrel-shaped sideways cloud that helps hang-gliders fly for hours on end, whirlpools at sea, a building that can set your car on fire, and a volcano in Hawaii that produces its own mini-tornadoes. We bring you amazing footage of these events and explore the science that makes them happen.