Beast From The East

Effects

Key Facts

Responses

Causes

Secondary

Primary

Flood warnings for parts of Cornwall’s south coast. Residents were told to expect tides to be around 400 mm.

The Royal Air Force was drafted in to help relief efforts in snow-hit Lincolnshire.

A meteorological event called stratospheric warming disturbed the jet stream – allowing cold winds from Russia to travel as far as the UK.

The air mass picked up water over the North Sea, which resulted in a heavy snowfall when it reached The UK.

It was the worst recorded weather since 1991, 27 years ago

It brought blizzards, gales and sleet

10 people died

Over 50 cms of snow fell on high ground

100s of schools forced to close

The National Grid issued a ‘gas deficit warning’

Rural areas had temperature lows of up to -12°C

Many rail services were cancelled

There was a shortage of food in some supermarkets.

Drifting snow led to the isolation of several villages.

High on the Pennines on the M62, the military provided support rescuing vehicles.

Sudden stratospheric warming caused a weakening of the jet stream leading to a change in the direction of the winds approaching the UK from west to east to east to west, allowing a cold air mass from Russia to cover The UK.

It started from storm Emma which was was a weather system that originated from the Azores and travelled north to the UK

The cold winds involved travelled all the way from russia

It formed on February 22nd 2018 hit the UK on 24th February and lasted until 4th March

Nearly all train operators warned of cancellations and disruption, and hundreds of flights were cancelled

Hundreds of motorists on the M80 near Glasgow were stuck for up to 13 hours

Around 1,000 vehicles were at a standstill, tailing back eight miles in both directions

The AA estimated that there were 8,260 collisions on Britain’s roads from the snow chaos in just three days, with the insurance cost already above £10million.

Overall damage cost £1.2 billion

It was formed from storm darcy and storm emma