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Wintry showers hit parts of UK after SNOW warning for Scotland

Advertisement Snow and ice blanketed parts of Scotland today as the UK continued to face a battering from ferocious Atlantic winds and heavy rain bursts. The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for another bout of bad weather in the north, and urged people to expect travel disruption from icy stretches as well as up to 5cm of snow on higher ground. And blustery winds of up to 40mph kept large parts of England and Wales chilly throughout the day, with temperatures remaining mostly in single digits.  It comes after two days of downpours and gale-force winds up to 80mph smashed Britain s coast, overturning lorries, blowing down power lines and toppling trees.

Extreme rainfall in Britain to be 10 times more likely this century: UK Met Office

The Straits Times Oct 3, 2020, was provisionally the wettest day in Britain since 1891.PHOTO: AFP PublishedMar 11, 2021, 9:13 pm SGT https://str.sg/JjWc They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. including the ST News Tablet worth $398. Let s go! Spin the wheel for ST Read and Win now.

Extreme rain three times more likely thanks to climate change, Met Office warns

Extreme rain three times more likely thanks to climate change, Met Office warns Jon Sharman © Provided by The Independent Record-breaking rain and “days with extreme rainfall accumulations” will occur more often this century because of climate change, UK weather scientists have warned. The Met Office said in a study that record rainfall experienced on 3 October last year would have been a one-in-300-year event in a world without human-induced warming. However, such an event is now three times more likely – and by 2100 it could happen once every 30 years, or 10 times more likely. Dr Nikos Christidis, a senior Met Office climate scientist, said: “Our study shows that in a medium emissions scenario these sorts of rainfall extremes could become much more frequent, reinforcing the need to plan for the consequences of a warming global climate.

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