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00:01Extreme heat and extreme cold will be mixed
00:04in the last part of our 4-part special series,
00:07World's Deadliest Weather.
00:10The whole town was burned from the mountains.
00:21Is there anything else that can be found in the burned residents?
00:31A dangerous swimming in the sea of wind.
00:41A flash flood in the city. A drunk man drowned.
00:51A man who was hit by an iceberg. How was he rescued?
01:00In some provinces in the Philippines,
01:02it is still a trend to set fire to a part of the mountains
01:05so that it can be planted.
01:07It's a good thing that this doesn't lead to wildfires.
01:10Because in other countries, there are a lot of people
01:13who have lost their lives because of this kind of fire.
01:16Just like what happened here in our story,
01:18in number 5, Mountain of Fire.
01:22California, USA.
01:24In the mountains of California,
01:27California, USA.
01:29In the mountains in the north of San Francisco.
01:33Saturday morning, September 2015.
01:37Day off for Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin.
01:40He will bring his son to a football game.
01:43When we arrived, we saw a plume of smoke
01:45coming up from the Cobb Mountain area.
01:48And I thought, well, that's probably not a good thing
01:50with the drought conditions.
01:52Brian ordered the rescue of 10,000 people,
01:55including the survivors, Kim Ringgeisen
01:58and her son.
02:00But they were not sure where they were going.
02:03We were driving into an apocalypse.
02:05The father stopped to video the wildfires.
02:09The fire went a little crazy there
02:11as it came over the ridge and burned through the snow.
02:13It destroyed everything in its path.
02:15Oh, there's a fire!
02:16Kai, go! Kai, go!
02:18They made a mistake in estimating the speed of the fire.
02:22Many residents were left behind in their homes.
02:26Our initial aim was actually for evacuations
02:28and it quickly turned into rescue operations.
02:31Because the fire was so quick,
02:33some people didn't have to take it out.
02:37Along with Eric's son,
02:39Ana Negrete rescued her parents who were senior citizens.
02:44We ran to the cars and all the way out was covered in flames.
02:48Literally, they were surrounded by wildfire.
02:52The first car was driven by 15-year-old Eric
02:55and his brother, Frankie,
02:57as well as their pet dog.
02:59But his mother, Ana, and his grandmother
03:01had not yet left the house.
03:03Get in the car!
03:04Ana let her children go first.
03:07Eric and Frankie saw their aunt Sandra's house.
03:11The fire reached it.
03:13They were hoping to escape.
03:15Quiet, Sandy's house caught on fire.
03:17The siblings who were not with their aunts,
03:19grandmothers, and cousins left.
03:21As the fire approached them,
03:23the problem was that the car in front of them was slow.
03:26They were in a hurry.
03:29The ending was that they were still lucky.
03:34Eric thought they were done for that night.
03:38We couldn't see or move very far in it.
03:41So, we thought we were going to die there.
03:43In the distance, the police spotted a car
03:46that was surrounded by fire.
03:49You can see their approach to the car
03:51and you can also feel the heat of the surroundings.
03:56After confirming that there was no one inside the car,
03:59they immediately returned to their vehicle.
04:01They couldn't handle the heat of the surroundings anymore.
04:04There was no safe place here
04:06if it wasn't for their vehicle.
04:08And they had to leave this place immediately.
04:11Almost 2,500 hectares were engulfed by fire every hour.
04:16The police checked the house behind the gas station.
04:19Propane canisters were exploding and igniting all around us.
04:24And so, it's a very, very dangerous situation.
04:28That's why the police are always on high alert.
04:31Things change, but life is the same.
04:34So, in the event of any accident,
04:37we must first save ourselves.
04:40That's the lesson learned by the victims of the Amazing Number 4 story.
04:44Let's continue.
04:47The house of the artist, Julie Wolf, was far away.
04:51That's why she only noticed the fire
04:53when it was close to their place.
04:55In fact, the fire was only 100 feet away from their house
05:00when they saw it.
05:04They wondered why there were no firefighters.
05:10That's why they immediately left the place where the fire spread quickly.
05:18The problem was that there was only one way out.
05:21They had no choice but to go straight.
05:23They couldn't go back because they might be trapped.
05:29They were so scared that they turned back.
05:31Their son, Grayson, was in the other car.
05:41Every house they passed by was almost burnt to the ground.
05:51Julie told her daughter, the girl,
05:53to look around because she might not see it again.
06:02Her journey was 5 miles from the fire.
06:07They felt like it was never going to end.
06:14The wildfires were out of control.
06:16The police did everything they could to save the 10,000 residents.
06:22The heat that they were feeling was immense.
06:25The smoke was, in some cases, overwhelming.
06:28We had one deputy who had to be rescued because his car was overflowing with smoke.
06:34He wasn't able to continue on.
06:36I knew that this was going to be the worst disaster that they are counting ever.
06:42It was very clear that we're just going to have to wait for nature to do what it was going to do
06:47and be there to pick up the pieces.
06:52The fire lasted for three weeks.
06:54More than 1,000 residents and almost 100 establishments were destroyed.
07:00Many were rescued by the police during the fire.
07:04They also prepared to help the hundreds of victims.
07:12Meanwhile, Anna Negrete was with her family.
07:16Because of Eric's courage, they were able to escape the wildfires.
07:21Now, I consider myself very lucky that we all made it alive.
07:26Julie Wolfe was also rescued.
07:28But the house that her grandfather was looking for was destroyed by the fire.
07:33She said that she was able to save a few things.
07:35A few ceramic vases.
07:38They were almost unrecognizable.
07:40That's why many residents came back without a plan.
07:44Have you experienced the rain of ice in your area?
07:47It's rare, but it's not impossible.
07:49Even hot deserts are sometimes flooded by ice.
07:53Don't you believe it?
07:55Here's the receipt for the Amazing Story No. 3.
07:58What's that?
08:00Sometimes, our weather can be fatal.
08:02But sometimes, it can also be mysterious.
08:07Can you swim in the sea of sand?
08:11But be careful, because this is not sand, but volcanic ash.
08:15It's lighter.
08:17It's floating on top of a lake in Patagonia.
08:22The question is, why doesn't it sink and turn white?
08:26It's just light and a little bit.
08:28It's like flour when you're making pancakes.
08:31Just on top of the mixture.
08:35Let's fly to a desert in Saudi Arabia.
08:39It looks like a flowing river, but it's not really a river.
08:44It floated in the mountains and melted the melted ice.
08:49Yes, you heard it right. Even in the desert, there's ice.
08:54Because the temperature in the Himpapawid is too low.
08:59That's why the pieces of ice were formed in the rain.
09:02The result? Flash floods in the former rivers that were long and dry.
09:10In Indiana, USA.
09:13A cyclist noticed something strange.
09:16Oh my goodness.
09:18Did you also notice?
09:20The first thing he thought of was an alien.
09:23But the truth is that this rare weather phenomenon is called a crown flash.
09:29Because of the current in the clouds, the ice particles in the air go in one direction.
09:34Because of that, there's an ice lens that looks like it's shining.
09:38There's an optical illusion.
09:41It's usually not visible, but it becomes visible when the angle is right.
09:48In Chile, the weather in the sky is different.
09:53It's 620 miles long.
09:56This is what's called a morning glory cloud.
09:59It's not completely changed yet.
10:01But it happens when the two weather fronts are hidden.
10:05The shape of the cloud becomes a cylinder.
10:09Double rainbow. Oh my God.
10:12Not just one, but two.
10:14Have you ever seen a double rainbow like this?
10:17It's beautiful, right?
10:20The Californian farmer, Paul Bear Vasquez, witnessed this special weather event.
10:26Wow.
10:28Wow.
10:30Oh my God. Oh my God.
10:33To be honest, there's nothing special about double rainbows.
10:37It's just a result of the impact of the sun's rays.
10:43But Paul was amazed.
10:46During a typhoon, people are always ready to help their loved ones.
10:52Some are willing to risk their lives because of their hard work.
10:57Here's an example of this amazing number two in Gip Baha Superhero.
11:03Corsicana, Texas, May 2015.
11:07Because of the constant rain, there was a flash flood in the whole country.
11:12Chrissy Haisman became the only one who didn't return home.
11:16I saw this guy bumbling towards the flood.
11:21His legs just went out from under him.
11:23I thought at that point, I just saw somebody die.
11:26At that time, 911 was called.
11:30There's a guy who tried to cross.
11:32He's barely got his head above water and he fell into the water.
11:37And he's clinging on to a power pole.
11:39He's barely got his head above water and he fell into the water.
11:43And he's clinging on to a power pole.
11:46How's this guy end up out here?
11:49What was he thinking when he crossed this water?
11:53But he was in a situation where he needed help.
11:57I would think that he wasn't going to be able to hang on to that pole too much longer with the swift water.
12:02This tow truck driver was like, he made a decision.
12:05He got out there and just went straight into the water.
12:08And I'm like, who is this guy?
12:10Brian was really clinging on to the pole and he was looking for someone to help him that night.
12:15Until he stumbled and hit the guy in the water.
12:19He even yelled at the guy not to hang on to the pole.
12:22Please don't let go. I'm coming. Please don't let go.
12:24It was just a mistake by Brian and it was also possible that the water didn't reach Brian's body.
12:30He was holding the cable with one hand while the guy was holding the cable with the other hand.
12:34Under the water, his feet couldn't reach the floor.
12:39Brian swam in the water while holding the cable with one hand.
12:45But he had a problem holding the guy.
12:51He brought a grocery bag.
12:54And the guy was heavily intoxicated.
12:56And, you know, I don't know whether he really realized that he was in a life or death situation.
13:01Oh man, I have a feeling this guy is like just drunk or something.
13:05The guy was still floating while Brian was rescuing him.
13:10I was holding the cable with him and I pulled him free of the water.
13:14My partner started pulling us back out.
13:16But, you know, those trenches on those trucks are not built for swimming.
13:20It was just time to realize, you know, is this really the right thing to do?
13:24I wouldn't have given it.
13:26I don't know if that was going or we were coming out.
13:29I kept trying to tell him, don't worry about your bag.
13:32Let's get out of this water.
13:34Oh my goodness.
13:36Don't go, don't go.
13:38Oh no, no, I fell back in.
13:41Oh my God, oh my God.
13:44This guy is such a troublemaker.
13:47And he won't let go of his freaking groceries.
13:50The two were almost at the truck when the guy suddenly let go of his bag.
13:56Don't chase him.
13:58Oh my God.
14:00Oh my God.
14:07I was very frustrated.
14:09I was like, you know, I've been putting my life here.
14:12He threw it out and you're worried about your bag of groceries.
14:16I really watched this happen.
14:18This guy really wanted to let go of his groceries.
14:21It did make things a lot more difficult, those bag of groceries.
14:25As soon as he got out of the water, he said, you know, thank you that it was just more important.
14:31Brian's like the superhero of Corsicana.
14:34And if there was anyone that could have been there that would have like helped this guy and had the strength to do it, it was probably Brian.
14:45Even now, he still doesn't know the name of the guy and what's inside his bag.
14:50He doesn't consider himself a hero.
15:01A guy that was caught in the ice mountain and was about to board a tornado.
15:08Can he still be saved?
15:10This is the amazing story number one.
15:12Time is luck.
15:15If the weather is deadly, it's dangerous if you're alone.
15:22Christopher Carlson was in Switzerland when the avalanche happened.
15:35He was hit by ice that was six and a half feet thick.
15:38He couldn't move.
15:40Good thing there was a little space for the wind.
15:46He was hoping that his friends would hear his cry.
15:50I just hope they didn't drown.
16:07Five minutes later,
16:08Thank goodness.
16:11He was rescued by his friends.
16:15Don't underestimate the power of flash floods.
16:22This girl was still lucky because she saw a paramedic.
16:26She ran a little bit, but the important thing is that she was saved.
16:30This girl was still lucky because she saw a paramedic.
16:34She ran a little bit, but the important thing is that she was saved.
16:39Chandler and Nate were excited to see a tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
16:47There were debris flying in the air.
16:50They estimated that the tornado was half a mile wide.
16:54Chandler was driving.
16:56He wanted to go straight, but Nate, who had a camera, was more careful.
17:01Nate was more nervous.
17:03He noticed that not one, but two tornadoes were in front of them.
17:09They need to get away from this place before they get in the way.
17:14Chandler ordered their vehicle.
17:17His friends admitted that they were not experts in tornadoes
17:21and they didn't know if it would change direction.
17:24But it looked like the tornado was crossing the road.
17:26If they didn't back off, they must have been surrounded by tornadoes.
17:30That's why we should listen to our friends' advice.
17:35In Long Island spot, these friends saw something.
17:39They couldn't believe it.
17:42There was a fish in the middle of the sea.
17:45How did that happen?
17:47They were far from the shore, so they rescued the poor fish.
17:52And because there was no place on the boat,
17:54they tied the fish to the boat.
17:59When you're still a kid, you're still curious about things.
18:04Just like the ice in a posting.
18:09The only solution is hot chocolate.
18:21It hurts.
18:22It hurts so much.
18:25At least Atty learned how to avoid getting in the way.
18:32What? Are you going to do it again?
18:37In this episode, we saw the great effect of life and the effects of anger on the environment.
18:44That's why we should always be careful because this is not a good time to go around.