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United Kingdom: Engineers call for technical fix to tackle rising rainfall
2013-01-03 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Engineers have today called for the creation of a new national Water Security Task Force, as the Met Office confirmed that 2012 came within a few millimetres of being named the wettest year since records began. The Met Office announced this morning that total annual average rainfall for the UK reached 1,330.7mm last year, just 6.6mm short of the record set in 2000. In addition, the agency reported that England achieved its wettest year since records began, despite spending the first three months...
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Extreme rainfall in UK 'increasing'
2013-01-03 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The frequency of extreme rainfall in the UK may be increasing, according to analysis by the Met Office. Statistics show that days of particularly heavy rainfall have become more common since 1960. The analysis is still preliminary, but the apparent trend mirrors increases in extreme rain seen in other parts of the world. It comes as the Met Office prepares to reveal whether 2012 has been the wettest year on record in the UK. The study into extreme rain is based on statistics from the...
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