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The thaw came a week later, as temperatures started to increase. [2] The winter weather brought widespread transport disruption, school closures, power failures, postponement of sporting events, and 25 deaths. A low of −22.3 °C (−8.1 °F) was recorded in Altnaharra, Scotland on 8 January 2010. Overall it was the coldest winter since 1978 ...
The Washington Post also popularized the term "kaisersnoze" (see Keyser Söze) in response to the February snowstorms. [ 5 ] During the evening preceding the first blizzard hitting Washington, D.C., most of the United States federal government closed, and press coverage continued to characterize the storm using either "Snowmageddon ...
In Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands, a temperature of −18.4 °C (−1.1 °F) — according to the Met Office, was recorded; the lowest temperature recorded in the UK since 2003. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The maximum depth of the event was 55 cm (22 in) in Okehampton , Devon on 6 February.
At least 10 people have died and thousands remain cut off from the power grid in Ukraine, in three days of stormy weather that has blanketed parts of the country in heavy snow, a senior official ...
The February 2013 North American blizzard, also known as Winter Storm Nemo [5] [6] and the Blizzard of 2013, [7] was a powerful blizzard that developed from the combination of two areas of low pressure, [8] primarily affecting the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada, causing heavy snowfall and hurricane-force winds.
In 2024, the United Kingdom experienced flooding. In early January, Storm Henk resulted in severe weather warnings and floods across the English Midlands.In April, flooding was widespread across England particularly on the south coast and the North East in the aftermath of Storm Kathleen and Storm Pierrick.
The live broadcasts and filming of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on 26, 27, 28 and 29 November at Gwrych Castle in North Wales were affected as a result of the storm. [27] Wind speeds reached up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) which caused waves in Scotland of over 10 metres (33 ft) in height.
The storm brought heavy snow across much of southern Ontario, with snow accumulations of up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in St. Catharines, 48 centimetres (19 in) in Ottawa (second largest snowstorm on record), 55 centimetres (22 in) of snow in Toronto (the third largest snowfall since 1937), [a] 41 centimetres (16 in) in Hamilton, and 32 ...