As well. A factor of 5 6d, for example, in aberdeen. Sunshine pushing temperatures up into the low 20s. Thursday into friday, the height not moving anywhere in a high, drifting slowly this was, putting us on a westwards flank. It ta kes putting us on a westwards flank. It takes us into a south easterly air strea m takes us into a south easterly air stream pulling warm air from the continent. It looks like some spots in the north east of scotland, could see highs of 2a degrees. To the south, 22 or 23 possible. The one mistake looks like will be saturday. Notice how the isobars line from south to north, pulling the air straight from france and that will rise the temperatures significantly. An area of low pressure coming in from the west. For saturday, a lot of dry and sunny weather. A light southerly breeze and it will feel unseasonably warm. If you had your eye towards the west, you may have noticed some rain already trying to get into the south west of england and wales. The low pressu
Only by a tiny fraction, but in the decades ahead, as the planet heats up, more ice here will melt, with potentially catastrophic implications right around the world. For low lying countries like bangladesh, even a small rise in sea level could pose a real danger. But, if the melting accelerates, florida and many other places will be severely affected during the course of this century. But, in the worst case scenario, parts of Eastern England and dozens of cities around the world could actually go under unless new defences are built for them. For the people of greenland, the flow of ice is increasing. It is a spectacular sight, and a sign of a warmer climate that would be helpful, especially for farmers. We find these cattle grazing on the shore beside the icebergs. But these Young Greenlanders say theyre worried that the more the ice here melts, the more flooding there will be in other parts of the world. It is scary because, well, we have no control of it, you know . And it is a lot
More than 34,000 people on the coast of South Carolina are without power right now. There is flooding in downtown charleston. A county official who we just spoke to feels the worst is yet to come. Were seeing some flooding downtown in the city itself. And then in some of the outlying areas that normally flood. We, again, were surrounded by several bodies of water down here, so its not unusual to have flooding. Were hoping that this thing will hurry up and get out of here, but the next high tide is what were really worried about at 1 00 p. M. When the storm could be right near us. Emergency officials are warning against traveling on the bridges and the National Hurricane center warns of a lifethreatening storm surge, dangerous winds and flash floods. And we have full coverage of this. Cnns Patrick Oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport coming up. Our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charleston, South Carolina. But first we want to go