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The devastating impact of the Yorkshire floods in 2019, following people on the frontline of the flood response in some of the worst affected communities, like the village of Fishlake. Elsewhere, a smashed lorry is recovered from a busy motorway, and an elderly passenger is involved in a terrifying road traffic accident

Return of the documentary following RAC patrols, heavy-vehicle recovery specialists, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Highways England, and council snowplough drivers working tirelessly to make sure the UK does not grind to a halt when bad weather arrives. As winter kicks off with Storm Angus, gale force winds and heavy rains cause floods on Britain's roads, while disaster strikes off the coast of Dover when a cargo ship smashes into another vessel and begins taking on water

In the wettest UK winter in recorded history, roads turned into rivers and an unprecedented number of yellow, amber and red warnings were issued as storm after storm swept through the UK. Emergency calls come in thick and fast, and the RAC, Scotland's Highland Council and heavy recovery vehicles must battle the extreme conditions to reach those in need.

In the week that Storm Emma hits, the UK's road network is brought to its knees. The heavy road team get to work helping a food delivery truck which is stuck in the snow. Cameras also follow events at a local shop which has run out of food.

In Northumbria, the pressure is on as specialist heavy recovery driver Michael tries to retrieve a lorry that has careered off the carriageway into a ditch. Meanwhile on a foggy and snow-covered A-road, Phil of Reading breakdown patrol tries to get a stranded driver up and running as traffic thunders by, while officers from Thames Valley Police recall a notorious Valentine's Day pile-up that involved 40 vehicles.

In the Highlands, snowplough teams battle blizzards, ice, flooding and landslides to keep the roads open, whilst across the UK patrols fight snow, gales and icy conditions to reach motorists stranded in the cold.

In the highlands, snowplough drivers Chris Tate and Donald Mackenzie fight to keep the Applecross Pass open following heavy snow.

Stewart responds when a woman is stranded alone on the M62 in torrential rain. Rob helps a family with a three-year-old child are locked out of their car, 500 metres up in Snowdonia. Malcolm is called to help stranded motorists during a full-scale flood in the village of Whalley. Bobby deals with a car that has skidded off the road and flipped onto its roof, mere feet from a live railway line.

In Essex, RAC patrolman Simon fights through a blizzard to get to a woman who has broken down on a busy A-road at night, struggling to locate the stranded driver and facing a tricky fix to get her safely back on her way. In Lowestoft, coastguards have their work cut out to keep the public safe as a red alert is issued for a huge tidal surge

In Glasgow, vehicle technician Mark rushes to help a driver who has broken down on the hard shoulder of the motorway, while Kevin and Rob of a heavy recovery crew have their work cut out freeing lorries that have got stuck in snow on the A1M in the north-east of England. A school is forced to evacuate its pupils when Storm Caroline lashes the Orkneys, but one of the vehicles breaks down by the sea wall with 33 children on board.