Storm Corrie ‘still packing a punch’ says Kirkwood
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Britain has already been hit by two named storms so far this year, Storm Malik and Storm Corrie. Jim Dale, senior meteorologist at British Weather Services, said that these won’t be the only major weather events to batter the UK in this half of the year. He warned that his “expectation” of a named storm “rises as we move towards Spring”.
He also noted that the UK will see “much more in the way of meaningful weather”, such as flooding, storms or other extremes.
This comes just weeks after Storms Malik and Carrie caused disruption across the UK.
Thousands of homes were left without power in Scotland and north-east England as a result of the storms.
Schools were forced to close after winds of up to 92mph were recorded in northern parts of the UK.
Meanwhile, Northern Powergrid said about 80,000 of its customers in the northeast were affected by power cuts across the weekend.
In Scotland, about 38,000 households suffered power cuts, largely in Aberdeenshire and the Angus border, as well as parts of Perthshire, the Highlands, Western Isles and the Moray coast.
Two people tragically died as a result of the extreme weather – a nine-year-old boy in Staffordshire and a 60-year-old woman in Aberdeen.
Both were killed after being hit by falling trees.
Speaking to Express.co.uk about the weather over the next few months, Mr Dale said: “We’re in for much more of a mixed, changeable regime.
“With that, comes the odd day where the warnings will be issued for wind and rain etc.
“I anticipate that we’ll start to see much more in the way of meaningful weather.
“That means we have to look over our shoulders from time to time.
“It doesn’t mean guaranteed named storms but the expectation of that rises as we move towards the Spring.”
Mr Dale warned that more extreme weather conditions were becoming increasingly commonplace as a result of global warming.
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He said: “Longer-term, given what’s happening globally in terms of the temperature profiles in the southern hemisphere, I would not be surprised if we started to see some big highlights – in whichever direction it goes, either cold or hot.
“Global warming and climate change does bring a serious question mark over the potential for extremes.
“That has been ramped up.
“It’s already here and we’re too late, and therefore, some of the things that you’re going to be writing about in the future are these catastrophic events, this country included.”
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