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UK storms bring more flood warnings and transport disruptions
2014-01-06 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The latest storm to hit the UK is causing disruption for many people returning to work after the Christmas holidays. Roads have been closed and train services have been cancelled or delayed in some areas because of the weather. Waves of up to eight metres (27ft) were recorded at Land's End the most southern tip of the UK. Forecasters are warning that coastal areas could see more flooding as the heavy rain and gusts of wind continue to batter Britain. In Aberystwyth, people in seafront...
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Britain faces another barrage of rain as coast counts the cost of 'worst storms in 20 years'
2014-01-05 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Areas of southern England and Wales already devastated by floods will be battered by another barrage of rain over the next 24 hours, the Met Office has warned. After a series of winter storms described by experts as the worst to hit Britain in more than 20 years, between 10mm and 15mm of rain, and up to 30mm on higher ground, is expected in southern England before moving north-eastwards. Heavy rain is also expected in parts of Northern Island and Scotland. The Environment Agency has issued...
UK storms 'worst in 20 years' & more on the way
2014-01-05 06:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK is enduring the worst series of winter storms in more than 20 years, weather experts have said, as the country prepares for even more flooding. The Environment Agency has issued 96 flood warnings throughout England and Wales urging people to take immediate action, while a further 244 areas are on flood alert. Coastal areas -- particularly in southern England -- are most at risk as they cope with a combination of unusually high tides and another Atlantic storm on Sunday. Forecaster...
United Kingdom: Relief as flood defences hold, but the storms aren't over yet
2014-01-05 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As the rain eased over the Dorset coast yesterday, and the last police officers with their loudhailers left the Portland peninsula, the landlady of the Little Ship was happy to have a dry pub to open up. "The police came last night and said there was going to be a 10ft swell and we should move upstairs as soon as we heard the sirens," said Linda Davis, who runs the pub in the village of Chiswell, where there had been plans to evacuate residents last night ahead of an expected tidal surge. "They...
U.S. sales barely rise as storms, Nov. payback take toll
2014-01-04 09:34:18| Automakers - Topix.net
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