They may be celebrating their 50th anniversary but those behind-the-scenes at Emmerdale won't simply be bringing cake and balloons for the occasion as the lives of its much-loved characters hang in the balance when a huge windstorm hits the Yorkshire Dales.
As fans of the ITV soap are already aware, on Sunday, October 16, Emmerdale celebrates five decades on-screen and it was revealed a few months ago that to mark the very special occasion, the fictional Yorkshire village of Emmerdale will never be the same again when a wind storm hits and shakes up life in the Dales for every single resident.
Kim Tate and Will Taylor's wedding will kickstart all the drama that's to come not just in the next week, but also for months after as Jane Hudson, the soap's executive producer, told the Manchester Evening News and other press: "And then when you just think things can't get any worse for our Emmerdale characters, they really, really do and we end the month on a really big bang that propels us well into the new year."