This clip from BBC Wales Today focuses on the need for industry in Wales to save water during the searing drought of 1976 and shows the potential effects of water shortages on jobs and the economy.

• Drought

This clip from BBC Wales Today reveals the devastating and widespread effect of weeks without rainfall as fires took hold across Wales' tinder dry fields and grassland areas.

• Forest fires

As the drought took hold in south Wales, the water is turned off, affecting a million consumers with no domestic supply for up to 17 hours a day.

• The water is switched off

BBC Wales Today archive reveals the widespread disruption caused by heavy snowfall and blizzards in January 1982. This clip looks at the scenario across much of North Wales as transport ground to a halt.

• Winter

This BBC Wales Today clip follows a helicopter crew from RAF Valley as they help people stranded by the snow of 1982. Here they are diverted to Pentregat near Cardigan to ferry heavily pregnant Llinos Griffiths to hospital.

• Heavy snow

As the deadly autumn storms of 1987 hit the UK, Wales suffered widespread chaos. This clip from Wales Today looks at the flooding in Carmarthen, featuring the rescue of a family and a lucky escape for their pet kitten.

• Flooding

On 26 February 1990 gale-force winds and a high tide caused Towyn's flood defences to be breached with mass floods and thousands of people and properties affected. This clip from Week in Week Out catches up with some of those affected by the freak weather.

• Towyn floods

This BBC Wales Today report looks at the violent storms and high tides that hit the North Wales coastal town of Towyn and surrounding areas on 26 February 1990 causing many of the local residents to lose their homes and face temporary evacuation.

• "Worst natural disaster"

Revisit the heatwave of 2003 where holiday makers enjoyed the sea breeze at Barry and Pendine Sands, a marked relief from the soaring temperatures that led to thousands of deaths across Europe.

• Hot summer benefits?

In this odd clip from Wales Today, the Environment Agency Wales rehearse the flood warning system in Port Talbot at the height of the 2003 heatwave, much to the amusement of the locals.

• Planning for floods

This BBC Wales Today report shows the rare sight of a 2,000ft waterspout in the Bristol Channel, as filmed by a viewer in Barry.

• Barry Waterspout

This BBC Wales Today clip shows the destructive effect a "mini tornado" had on the village of Bow Street near Aberystwyth in 2006.

• Tornado on Bow Street