Synopsis
Meteorologists explain how and why British weather can go from mild to wild, for example Storm Brendan's impact in Slough on 2020.
- 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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