Beast From The East
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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