Met Office warns of further storms and snow
Climate change news - by GreenWise staff
14th December 2011
The UK Met Office has issued severe weather warnings across many parts of the UK for the next two days, including gale forces winds and sleet and snow in some parts.
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Met Office said there was a risk of "very strong winds and heavy rain" across parts of southern England later on Thursday and Friday morning. Gusts of around 70 miles per hour are likely to hit southern coastal areas but could move further north, it said today.
While many parts of the UK will face icy conditions on Wednesday evening, overnight and into Thursday, the forecast for Friday is for sleet and snow, with the Met Office warning of
travel disruption in the morning. On higher ground, it warned that as much 10 centimetres of snow could fall.
This is the second storm system to affect the UK this week in what is being described by the Met Office as one of the stormiest periods the UK has seen for several years. Heavy rain and winds, sometimes gusting up to 70 miles per hour, have already affected the south of England, northern England, southern Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Last week, Scotland was battered by hurricane-force winds, which brought down power lines, blocked roads, caused flooding and closed schools. In one case a wind turbine was set ablaze in Ayshire.
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