extreme uk weather-2010
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- extreme uk weather-2010
- 25th november-26th december
- cold air from Siberia + northern europe
- several died from the cold weather/ accidents on icy roads
- water pipes froze and burst. this caused leakages once they had thawed. 40000 homes and buisnesses were left without water for over a week.
- schools were closed so parents had to have time off of work
- snow covered almost the whole of the uk., over 50cm
- damaged crops (sugar beet)
- use of gas and electricity more than doubled increasiong co2 emissions.
- transport networks disrupted, motorways shut (M8 closed for two days), trains and flights were cancelled and drivers were trapped in cars for over 15 hours
- people were unable to work which effected the economy
- Christmas is usually busy for shops but sales were down as shoppers were put off by the weather
- overall there was an economic impact of around £1.6bil, it reduced the GDP by 0.5%
- social impacts
- environmantal impacts
- economic imapcts
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