Earth Changes
The Met Office issued a weather warning of gales as strong as 100mph and a freezing wind chill factor bringing the coldest week of the winter so far.
Experts said there will be little respite until the New Year with more brutal weather during the run-up to Christmas.
Motoring organisations urged the public to heed the warnings and plan journeys carefully to avoid the "carpet bomb" weather heading our way.
And there were fears that already hard-hit retailers will take another financial wallop as Christmas shoppers may be put off by the extreme elements from stepping out on the high street.
A double whammy of two deep Atlantic low-pressure systems is forecast to smash in from the South-west later tonight.
High winds and rain will lash most of England with the South and Northern Ireland expected to take the brunt of the gales and storm-force winds. Snow and sleet is likely on higher ground as far south as Dartmoor and Exmoor and on the North Downs.

Greenpeace activists hold a mock party opposite the venue where the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) is being held, in Durban December 10, 2011.
South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the four separate texts represented a good outcome after two weeks of sometimes angry debates in the port city of Durban.
"I think we all realize they are not perfect. But we should not let the perfect become the enemy of the good and the possible," she told the conference.
Much of the discussion has focused on an EU plan designed to push major polluters -- from developed and fast-growing emerging economies like China and India -- to accept legally binding cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
EU negotiators had accepted "legal instrument" in one draft as a phrase implying a more binding commitment. But the latest version spoke of a "protocol, another legal instrument or a legal outcome," the sort of weak phrasing that almost collapsed the talks on Friday.
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 09:54:55 UTC
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 07:54:55 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
55.980°S, 28.238°W
Depth
115.5 km (71.8 miles)
Region
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Distances
104 km (64 miles) NW of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands
354 km (219 miles) NNW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands
1984 km (1232 miles) ESE of STANLEY, Falkland Islands
3315 km (2059 miles) SE of BUENOS AIRES, D.F., Argentina

People stand on the corner of Broad and Green streets in Newark after Newark City Hall and other area building were evacuated after the 5.9-magnitude earthquake in August.
Despite more than 60 residents who claimed to have felt shaking yesterday morning, a spokesman for the U.S. Geological Survey said none of the seismometers stationed around the state picked up even a hint of trembling.
"It's not an earthquake," said geophysicist John Bellini, speaking from the U.S. Geological Survey's Colorado office. "My guess would be it's more likely thunder or sonic boom."
New Jersey has been rocked this year by half a dozen extreme weather and geological events, including a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia that shook buildings across the Garden State in August.

People stand on a green patch between two streets in Mexico City December 10, 2011 after an earthquake. A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least one person, knocking out lights in parts of the capital and sending people rushing into the streets.
There were no immediate reports of severe damage or injuries in Mexico City but emergency services said an 18-year-old man was killed when a roof collapsed in Iguala, a small city between the capital and the tourist resort of Acapulco.
A 25-year-old man was killed when a rock fell on a small van on the Mexico City-Acapulco highway, a spokesman for emergency services in southwestern Guerrero state said.
"I was dreadfully afraid, I thought it was never going to end," said Laura Gonzalez, who was drinking in a bar in the capital at the time of the quake, which lasted 40 seconds.
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 01:47:26 UTC
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 07:47:26 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
18.038°N, 99.796°W
Depth
64.9 km (40.3 miles)
Region
GUERRERO, MEXICO
Distances
42 km (26 miles) SW of Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico
56 km (34 miles) ESE of Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico
62 km (38 miles) NNW of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico
166 km (103 miles) SSW of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
According to reports, Poonjar, Poonjar Thekkekkara, Teekoy, Wagamon and Adukkom Erattupetta areas experienced mild tremors accompanied by deep rumbling sounds. The tremors hit by 3:30 p.m., almost the same time when parts of the Idukki district experienced tremors. There are no reports of loss to life and property.
The same areas experienced tremors on November 18 and November 26. The one on November 26 had recorded a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale.
The sub-adult male was spotted by a visitor on Combers Beach in Pacific Rim National Park on Wednesday, the Vancouver Aquarium said Friday.
The giant turtle - females can weigh up to 200 kgs -- was in poor shape and wasn't expected to survive, said Dr. Dennis Thoney on Friday at the aquarium, where the turtle was transported for an examination.
"It's just too far gone," he said. "If they're on the shore, that's usually an indication there's something wrong with them."
Retired geologist Soe Thein said volcanos in the Kyaukphyu Township area on Ramree Island were set off along a fault line. More volcano mud eruptions might occur, he said, but there is no danger or need for mass evacuations.
"When there is earth crust movement in these fault lines, there will be underground water circulation and more water will move up to the surface as hot springs, but they are not like real volcanoes. They do not pose a danger to people," Soe Thein said.
The highest number of underground hot spring fault lines is in Kyaukphyu Township. The hot spring fault line runs through Magwe Region.
A mud volcano erupted on November 26 on a small hill one mile west of Bawyabaya village, about 32 miles from Kyaukphyu. The eruption sent magma and lava 15-feet into the air, and about 5 acres of nearby land was covered by magma.
The U.S. Geological Survey website shows that the 3.4 magnitude quake happened at 12:47 p.m. Friday and was centered 15 miles north of Snyder in West Texas. The area is 68 miles southeast of Lubbock.
The Scurry County sheriff's office said there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.











Comment: The EU using flawed science and emotional manipulation to push for greater control in the affairs of economies posing a threat to the collapsing Eurozone economies (who, hypocritically, have quite happily been polluting and destroying the environment since the Industrial revolution started).