World's Wildest Weather Season 1

A woman and her children get trapped on their roof during a flood in Queensland, Australia. Later, a man in Brazil is buried alive under rubble after a mudslide.

Looking back to the intense cyclone bomb in Boston; hailstorm in Brisbane; and more.

Looking back to the forest fires at Fort McMurray in 2016; and the monsoon in the Philippines in 2012.

A look at footage of persons who are trapped in chaotic events.

Stories from those who survived the EF4 tornado in Indiana.

Highlights some of the fiercest weather from the world.

In Australia, an unsuspecting tourist drives straight into the path of a raging bushfire, unrelenting floods cause thousands of people to flee their homes, a man sees his life flash before his eyes as he is struck in the head by lightning, and a filmmaker comes to a family's aid during a catastrophic hurricane.

Hail storms are mostly harmless weather phenomena, but sometimes even staying inside one's home isn't safe. A homeowner in Wylie shares the horror-filled moments that golf-ball sized hail stones shattered his home, leading to $120,000 in damage. An amateur storm chaser recalls the "craziest night of his life," as he found himself saving victims in the wake of a destructive EF4 wedge tornado.

A storm chaser finds himself caught up in the eye of the widest tornado in recorded history, as he and his crew narrowly escape with their lives, whilst the county sheriff recalls how he and his colleagues followed the tornado's path in order to help its victims. Also: Hurricane Katrina through the eyes of experts; and shocked locals wake up to snow instead of sun on the beaches of Spain and Italy.

Severe weather in the U.K. destroys a family paper business; a fire chief and his son recall fighting monstrous fires in Kansas; and a storm chaser shares the moments he and his crew saved the lives of others as they contended with one of the most intense tropical storms on record.

A catastrophic flood in Queensland forces a mother and her children to the roof of their home. Also: A man buried alive under 13 feet of rubble following a mudslide in Brazil shares his survival experience; and a hero from Maryland tells of the brave moments he risked his life to save a woman trapped in the disastrous flash floods of 2016.

Step into the eye of the storm and meet those who have been caught in the middle of catastrophic weather events and lived to tell the story.