10th February - Today's News: Thames at Record High Levels, With More Rain to Come
Thames reaches record flood levels while thousands of homes alongside river are threatened by rising floodwaters as sixteen areas in South are warned of risk to lives as the Met Office says that evidence 'suggests climate change linked to storms'. The full report can be read here
The Severn is also in spate with Worcester city center roads closed 'for a week' by floods, though in Evesham the Avon is now back down to 'normal' winter flood levels.
On Saturday, coastal areas in west hit by renewed gales
The Severn is also in spate with Worcester city center roads closed 'for a week' by floods, though in Evesham the Avon is now back down to 'normal' winter flood levels.
On Saturday, coastal areas in west hit by renewed gales
And here's 27 staggering new pictures of the Somerset Levels floods
More rain (and gales) expected this week ....
More rain (and gales) expected this week ....
Meanwhile, in the US, snow set to hit the South again as big freeze goes on in the North East
Man killed by falling tree as wild weather blasts Tasmania whilst Jason Edwards captures images of the fire emergency in Morwell, Victoria. I think I prefer our floods! That said, there are floods in Australia too, in NT where residents of Corroboree are flooded in and running out of supplies
And a new study suggests that Pacific trade winds stall global surface warming ..... for now - though with 2013 having been the 2nd warmest non El Nino year recorded, I still fail to see a 'pause'
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