Force of Nature shows how extreme weather pushes wildlife to its limits

A chimpanzee digging for water in a dried-up Senegalese riverbed. A colony of 40,000 flamingos scattered by a hurricane. A polar bear hunting on ice that is disappearing beneath its feet. These are not scenes from some distant climate-altered future. They are happening right now. And this year they are coming to Sunday night television. Extreme weather is often told as a human story. A new ITV documentary series, Force of Nature reminds us that it is an ecological story too. Between us, we have…