Flood (Tuonti)

A natural disaster wreak havoc in Britain with the Thames River flooding London.

It is a bright autumn morning and London shines in all its glory - its architecture, its iconic river and the impressive edifice of the Thames Barrier gleaming in the sunlight.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, a storm of hurricane proportions crashes into the coast, devastating the sleepy town of Wick. Mountainous tides barrel mercilessly along the North Coast of Britain, heading for London. However, the authorities remain sceptical that nature could deal any blow that London's Thames Barrier, the largest fixed tidal defence in the world, could not withstand. But the reality is that the storm and seasonal high seas will soon converge in the Thames causing a colossal surge, big enough to flood London.

Rob Morrison, (Robert Carlyle) head of Atlantis Engineering, is just back from holiday and he's annoyed to be called to the Thames Barrier for a maintenance check. His ex-wife, Sam, (Jesslyn Gilsig) the Barrier's Director of Operations, is the last person he wants to see. Meanwhile, his estranged father, engineering genius Professor Leonard Morrison (Tom Courtenay) is desperately attempting to contact the Barrier high command with a warning about the potential ineffectiveness of the structure.