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Spring dumps blizzards on United Kingdom: the coldest March in 50 years
Posted on March 23, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
March 23, 2013 – UNITED KINGDOM - Britain
is bracing itself for more horrendous weather conditions which are
believed to have claimed a first victim, closed hundreds of schools and
brought travel chaos. A landslide and floodwater in Cornwall, thought to
have been triggered by torrential rain, smashed through a block of
flats partially collapsing the building. Emergency crews and specialist
investigators found a woman’s body after picking through debris at the
Veronica flats in Looe. The body is believed to be that of Susan Norman,
who is in her 60s and police said was unaccounted for, having not been
heard from since returning to the flats on Thursday night. More than a
dozen residents in Sandplace Road were evacuated after most of the
building’s front-facing wall crumbled away, with debris and mud crashing
on to the back of the property from the road behind it. More flooding
is expected in the South West as heavy rain continued while residents
mopped up. Further north, snow blanketed many areas and closed several
hundred schools. As forecasters warned this month could be the coldest
March in 50 years, officials issued weather and travel warnings dashing
any hopes of spring. Thousands of youngsters got a day off school as
several hundred shut their doors. Up to 8in (20.3cm) of snow is expected
to hit the worst-affected parts of North West England, North Wales and
south west Scotland. Higher areas could even see up to 16in (40.6cm),
while bitterly cold gale-force winds create blizzard-like conditions and
plunge temperatures down to well below freezing. John Lee, forecaster
with MeteoGroup, said it could be the coldest March in 50 years. He said
the average temperature expected for central England at this time of
year is 6C (42.8F), but so far this month the average is 2.2 degrees
below that – at 3.8C (38.8F). That is significantly colder than last
March, when averages were 8.3C (46.9F) – 2.3 degrees above the expected
average. “Comparing it to similar winters, it’s provisionally going to
be the coldest March in 50 years, although that can’t be confirmed until
we reach the end of the month,” Mr Lee said. He referred to 1962 – when
average temperatures were even colder, at 2.8C (37F), adding: “That
will take some beating. But the way we are going it looks like we are
heading towards being the coldest March since then.” –Independent
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Posted on March 23, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
March 23, 2013 – UNITED KINGDOM - Britain
is bracing itself for more horrendous weather conditions which are
believed to have claimed a first victim, closed hundreds of schools and
brought travel chaos. A landslide and floodwater in Cornwall, thought to
have been triggered by torrential rain, smashed through a block of
flats partially collapsing the building. Emergency crews and specialist
investigators found a woman’s body after picking through debris at the
Veronica flats in Looe. The body is believed to be that of Susan Norman,
who is in her 60s and police said was unaccounted for, having not been
heard from since returning to the flats on Thursday night. More than a
dozen residents in Sandplace Road were evacuated after most of the
building’s front-facing wall crumbled away, with debris and mud crashing
on to the back of the property from the road behind it. More flooding
is expected in the South West as heavy rain continued while residents
mopped up. Further north, snow blanketed many areas and closed several
hundred schools. As forecasters warned this month could be the coldest
March in 50 years, officials issued weather and travel warnings dashing
any hopes of spring. Thousands of youngsters got a day off school as
several hundred shut their doors. Up to 8in (20.3cm) of snow is expected
to hit the worst-affected parts of North West England, North Wales and
south west Scotland. Higher areas could even see up to 16in (40.6cm),
while bitterly cold gale-force winds create blizzard-like conditions and
plunge temperatures down to well below freezing. John Lee, forecaster
with MeteoGroup, said it could be the coldest March in 50 years. He said
the average temperature expected for central England at this time of
year is 6C (42.8F), but so far this month the average is 2.2 degrees
below that – at 3.8C (38.8F). That is significantly colder than last
March, when averages were 8.3C (46.9F) – 2.3 degrees above the expected
average. “Comparing it to similar winters, it’s provisionally going to
be the coldest March in 50 years, although that can’t be confirmed until
we reach the end of the month,” Mr Lee said. He referred to 1962 – when
average temperatures were even colder, at 2.8C (37F), adding: “That
will take some beating. But the way we are going it looks like we are
heading towards being the coldest March since then.” –Independent
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
