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Heaviest snowfall in four years brings travel chaos to UK

Tom Herbert
Metro
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:48 UTC
UK travel chaos
© ReutersA lorry jackknifed on the A50 near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire
In case you hadn't noticed, it's snowing today.

And it seems to be pretty heavy in places, with some areas of the country cut off, parts of the London Underground shut, airports closed and a lot of disruption elsewhere.

But just how heavy is the snowfall? Well, according to experts we haven't seen weather like this in the south for four years.

So yeah, it's pretty snowy out there today.

The Met Office told Metro.co.uk that you have to go all the way back to 2013 to get similar weather in the region.

Places like Wales and Shawbury in Shropshire experienced around 15cm of the white stuff, and some Welsh hills even experienced around 80cm of snow. Incredible.

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Atmospheric compression snow event in Alaska and earliest ever snow in Texas

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:30 UTC
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
© Alaska Department of Transportation and Public FacilitiesSnow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
What can only be described as an atmospheric compression snow event has just occurred in Alaska. The most snow fell ever recorded in 90 minutes. Even in the snowiest city in the USA , they termed this event as extreme. Super cooled ice bows in Finland, atmospheric compression event in Australia with record floods in Victoria. Earliest snow on record in Texas that knocked out power to 88,000 homes with record cold in Mexico.


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Comment: See also: Alaska records one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record, 10 inches per hour; highway near Valdez under 20 foot of snow

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Woman dies after being struck by lightning while playing golf in Belek, Turkey

Sara Malm
Daily Mail
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 13:06 UTC
Inspiring: Family and friends have been paying tribute to the keen netball player
Inspiring: Family and friends have been paying tribute to the keen netball player
A British woman has died after being struck by lightning while playing golf with her husband on a romantic holiday in Turkey.

Sarah Oldham, 39, suffered a cardiac arrest after being hit by a lightning bolt as she sheltered under an umbrella when it started to rain on the course in Belek, on Turkeys south coast.

Mrs Oldham, from March, Cambridgeshire, was taken to hospital and eventually airlifted back to the UK, but died 12 days after the accident.

Mrs Oldham and her husband Alex, 36, had arrived in Turkey on November 17, and were enjoying their third round of golf in as many days when disaster struck.

Mr Oldham says he looked round after hearing 'an almighty crack of thunder', only to see his wife lying unconscious on the ground.
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Cloud Precipitation

Cyclone Ockhi: Mumbai records highest December rainfall in 50 years

Richa Pinto
Times of India
Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:02 UTC
Heavy traffic on Mumbai’s Western Express Highway because of rain
© Satyabrata Tripathy /HTHeavy traffic on Mumbai’s Western Express Highway because of rain on Tuesday morning.
Owing to Cyclone Ockhi, the city recorded the highest-ever December rainfall on Tuesday, in just 12 hours. Rainfall during 8.30am-8.30pm at the IMD's Santacruz observatory was 36mm, which beat the previous record of 31.4mm, recorded on December 12, 1967.

As Ockhi came close to the city on Tuesday, it brought in a day full of rains and gusty winds, leading to a steep drop in temperatures. The maximum temperatures recorded at both the Santacruz and Colaba observatories were 10 degrees lower than on Monday. As a result, at several places, noon-time unusually was much cooler than dawn. Also, there was barely a two-degree difference between maximum and minimum temperatures at most places.

Ockhi's threat had prompted the government to keep schools shut, which lead to an easing of school-time traffic. For adults, it was business as usual, barring minor absenteeism, though organizations had issued advisories to employees. While rainfall was moderate, rumour mongers were busy creating panic with fake news on the sea link and various roads, prompting the BMC to tweet: "Please don't create panic." In fact, no transport disruption was reported from anywhere in the city. The trains ran, as did the buses and cars.

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Spectacular waterspout forms off Italian coast (VIDEO)

Mark Molloy
The Telegraph (UK)
Sat, 02 Dec 2017 09:34 UTC
Waterspout in San Remo, Italy
© Météo Côte D'Azur - En Direct
Dramatic footage shows a whirling waterspout forming off the Italian coast before making its way inland.

The weather phenomenon was captured in the north-western Italian city of Sanremo, on the Mediterranean coast, on 1 December.

It caused damage to central and western parts of the city and the Old Port area, but reports say that no one was seriously injured.

The beach was closed on the popular Italian Riviera tourist destination, while there were also reports of shattered windows, falling chimneys and damage to vehicles.

A snow warning has also been issued for parts of Liguria, which has experienced a dramatic drop in temperatures over the past week.

Waterspouts fall into two categories: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts, NOAA's National Weather Service explains.

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Powerful Cyclone Ockhi kills at least 16 across India and Sri Lanka


The Straits Times
Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:29 UTC
A major storm left three dead, two missing and more than a dozen injured across Sri Lanka on Nov 30, 2017
© AFPA major storm left three dead, two missing and more than a dozen injured across Sri Lanka on Nov 30, 2017
A powerful cyclone has killed at least 16 people across India and Sri Lanka, uprooting trees and cutting power for millions amid warnings on Friday (Dec 1) that the storm would intensify.

Disaster officials said nine people were killed in India and seven in neighbouring Sri Lanka, most crushed by trees ripped up by destructive winds raging at 130km per hour.

Warships have been deployed to comb the southeastern coast for fishing boats missing in wild seas, India's Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

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Torrential rainfall, floods paralyze Albania; 1 person dead


Daily Mail
Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:38 UTC
Local resident Nue Shkreta looks at a collapsed bridge at the entrance of his village Mamuras, northern Albania, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.
© Florent BajramiLocal resident Nue Shkreta looks at a collapsed bridge at the entrance of his village Mamuras, northern Albania, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.
At least one person has died during heavy rainfall that flooded many parts of Albania, paralyzing its ports and causing flights from its only international airport to be suspended, authorities said Friday.

Three other people were injured and 18 houses were destroyed in weather-related incidents over the past 24 hours, the government said in a statement.

Many roads remained blocked across the Balkan country, while some 71,000 residents were affected by power cuts.

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Lightning bolt kills 3 horses in South Australia

Brittany Denton
The Border Watch
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:47 UTC
DEVASTATING LOSS: Ryan Ferguson and Lynn Brierley mourn the loss of three horses
© Brittany DentonDEVASTATING LOSS: Ryan Ferguson and Lynn Brierley mourn the loss of three horses, killed instantly when they were struck by lightning during Wednesday night’s thunderstorm. They are pictured with surviving two-month-old foal Kelly and Clydesdale horse Sylvie.
"It was the most horrific thing I've ever witnessed - a big ball of white light hit and all three of them were dead before they hit the ground."

Lynne Brierley fought back tears as she relived the devastating loss of her three beloved horses, killed instantly when they were struck by lightning on Wednesday night.

"I was only four feet away - it sounded like someone had fired a gun right next to my ear."
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Mauna Kea in Hawaii covered with up to 8 inches of unseasonal snow

Dana Dovey
Newsweek
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:26 UTC
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Hawaii has experienced an unseasonal snowstorm, covering the top of Mauna Kea, one of the tallest volcanic mountains on the islands, with up to 8 inches of white flurries. Although snow on the Hawaiian mountains is not as uncommon as it sounds, the timing of the snowfall is earlier than meteorologists would expect.

A quick Google of Hawaii weather reveals that today's average temperature is a mild 75 degrees Fahrenheit, (24 degrees Celsius) but up on the Mauna Loa, the highest peak on the "Big Island" of Hawaii, it's close to freezing with with winds whipping up to 25 miles per hour, a statement from Mauna Kea weather center in Hawaii reported. As of yesterday morning, Mauna Kea was completely saturated with icy rain and snow. The rain and snow is expected to carry on until the end of the week.

The statement also advised that there is a high risk for a mixture of snow and rain and perhaps on the mountaintop at virtually anytime this week, but especially Wednesday and Thursday night.

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Winter storm covers Hawaii summits in snow

Michael Brestovansky
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:50 UTC
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Snow fell Monday on the summits of Mauna Loa and Maunakea after the National Weather Service declared a winter storm warning.

The warning extends through 6 p.m. today. Summits could see up to six inches of snow in total, although NWS meteorologist Leigh Anne Eaton said any significant accumulation is unlikely.

"It's probably going to be a snow-rain mix," Eaton said.

She said the storm is the result of a weather front of "enhanced moisture," which will sweep across the windward side of the Big Island, causing heavy showers throughout the island's east side and snowfall at higher altitudes.

Snowfall is expected to continue on the mountains throughout the week, with the weather service predicting an 80 percent chance of snow showers each day through Thursday night.

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