17th February - Today's News: Major Flooding Across Britain After Storm Dennis
After Storm Dennis flood-hit Britons brace for more misery today with 689 regions on alert and roads and rails still in chaos with roads in Wales 'impassable' as flood clean-up begins after mountains and roads hit by landslides. A young girl 'amazingly' escapes tree fall on Bristol flats. In Northern Ireland, shopfronts collapse in high winds of Storm Dennis. And in Scotland wind warnings follow Storm Dennis flooding. More strong winds and rain are expected this week and in some areas flooding could get worse as major rivers continue to rise. Evesham has seen just "normal winter" flooding, after what is already a much wetter than average February, with the equiavlent of over half the month's average rain falling at the weekend.
It's also been wet in parts of the USA where more rain this month means winter rainfall records broken across the southeastern US
It's also been wet in parts of the USA where more rain this month means winter rainfall records broken across the southeastern US
In Czechia, heat wave breaks records across the country
Polar vortex grows Arctic sea ice to 10-year high, but there's a catch - it may just be a one year blip in the general decline, and it's not very thick (so will readily melt come the summer).
And Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer - though it may still not be able to accurately predict when it'll rain in your back garden to the precise minute!
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