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Beast from the East - Coggle Diagram
Beast from the East
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Key Facts
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the air mass picked up water over the North Sea, which resulted in a heavy snowfall when it reached The UK
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Primary Impacts
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8,260 collisions on Britain’s roads from the snow chaos in just three days
Responses
Red weather warnings were issued covering parts of Scotland, Devon, Somerset, and South Wales
The Environment Agency issued flood warnings for parts of Cornwall’s south coast. Residents were told to expect tides to be around 400 mm
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Cause
a meteorological event called stratospheric warming disturbed the jet stream – allowing cold winds from Russia to travel as far as the UK