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Foul Weather In Britain Linked To U.S. 'Polar Vortex'
2014-01-06 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Britain's southwest coast is getting slammed by a winter storm, with high winds driving waves as high as 27 feet ashore in an unusual event that meteorologists say is likely linked to the bone-chilling "polar vortex" gripping much of the U.S. The U.K. Met Office is warning of continued "exceptionally high waves." It said the waves were triggered by a large, deep depression in the Atlantic which was "whipping waves up" out at sea. The Associated Press reports that: "It said the storm is loosely...
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