Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,1 min

'15 cm of moving water is enough to knock you down'

The Inquiry

Available for over a year

Journalist Amanda Ripley explains that most flooding deaths happen because we underestimate the power of moving water. (Image: A small boy deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Florida. Credit: Brian Blanco/Getty Images.)

Programme Website
More episodes