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Beast from the East to visit the British Isles next week
The “Beast from the East” is a loosely defined meteorological term describing a period of exceptionally cold and snowy weather across the UK sourced from Siberia. The last time a beast from the east visited the UK was back in March 2018, when from the 28th of February to the 2nd of March and from…
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Major Incident Declared as Storm Christoph to produce severe UK flooding tomorrow
The UK Met Office have issued an “Amber” be prepared warning as a deluge of heavy rainfall is expected to hit much of Central & Northern England & Wales on Tuesday & Wednesday. Up to 200m (8″) of rain could fall locally over the Yorkshire Dales & hills of Cumbria, as well as North Wales.…
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Major Incident Declared as Storm Christoph to produce severe UK flooding tomorrow
Posted on Monday 18th January 2021. The UK Met Office have issued an “Amber” be prepared warning as a deluge of heavy rainfall is expected to hit much of Central & Northern England & Wales on Tuesday & Wednesday. Up to 200mm (8″) of rain could fall locally over the Yorkshire Dales & hills of…
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Video shows hundreds of people engaging in snowball fight (UK)
A video posted by BBC Yorkshire shows hundreds of people engaging in a snowball fight earlier today. The news comes after heavy snow hits much of Yorkshire with 4-6 inches falling widely in Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield. Large crowds were filmed taking part in a snowball fight at Hyde Park in Leeds earlier today, despite…
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“Major Incident” declared in Yorkshire after Heavy Snow immobilizes vehicles
Heavy Snow has recently affected northern parts of the UK with North and West Yorkshire being particularly hard hit. Much of Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield have had 4-6 inches of snow causing trecherous conditions on the roads. The following map shows where the current snow risk is in the UK. A major incident has…
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Morrisons and Sainsburys to forbidd maskless customers entry
From today, more stringent rules regarding mask wearing will be introduced to the UK supermarkets of Morrisons and Sainsburys. This includes not allowing customers who choose not to wear a mask entry into their stores, unless they have a medical exemption, as well as routine checking that customers adhere to these and other social distancing…