As these images show - gathered from far and wide by MailOnline Travel - when nature and man come to blows, the winner is almost always nature. Pictured, clockwise from top left: Two people seemingly unaware of the impending doom behind them; a man lifted from the ground in coastal Britain; someone chest-deep in flooding displaying extraordinary defiance with his umbrella; a man exposed to temperatures so cold his beard has frozen solid; a gentleman who has seemingly forgotten how to operate his umbrella; and this car may be buried, but its wipers have triumphed.