Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"The weather never stands still, you know."

Britain's "bad" weather - gales, floods, fog, snow. How much damage do they cause, and what measures can be taken to accurately forecast the weather, and to prevent the damage it can cause?

Robert Reid and Roy Bradford investigate.


Clip taken from Special Enquiry: In All Weathers, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 4 December, 1953.





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