2013 UK Winter Storm Case Study
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- UK winter storms
- Causes
- Depression over the Atlantic Ocean
- 950 mb, going as low as 936
- lowest since 1886
- Because temperatures higher than normal in winter
- Contrasted with cold from north
- Causes
- Depression over the Atlantic Ocean
- 950 mb, going as low as 936
- lowest since 1886
- Because temperatures higher than normal in winter
- Contrasted with cold from north
- 950 mb, going as low as 936
- Depression over the Atlantic Ocean
- 950 mb, going as low as 936
- Depression over the Atlantic Ocean
- Impacts
- Scotland
- 100,000 homes without power
- Rail network shut down
- Planes cancelled
- Two died in scotland in car accidents
- South UK
- Travel disruption
- Widespread flooding
- Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey, and Kent
- 50,000 without power
- 1 man swept away in Devon
- Economic
- Insurance claims = 1.1 billion pounds
- Scotland
- Responses
- COBRA Committee
- Environment agency issued 40 warnings
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