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Daily Express | UK News :: Stand by for a 90mph battering
BRITAIN is set to be battered by severe storms and plunged into Arctic weather conditions this month.
Temperatures are expected to plummet as autumn quickly turns to winter after freak snow and hail storms hit the South of England last week.
The mercury could drop to -5C in some areas as Britain is buffeted by November winds of up to 90 miles per hour.
Experts warn that two “once in 20 years” mega-storms could strike.
WeatherAction says fierce conditions at sea will cause gales and tsunami-like waves to funnel down the east coast of Britain. The group’s Piers Corbyn said: “I am 95 per cent confident there will be severe storms in the North Atlantic/British Isles region in the periods around November 12-14 and November 25-28.
“There is a respective 70 per cent and 35 per cent chance that these storms will lead to a notable North Sea storm surge which could require emergency action in England and Holland.”
The Met Office, which does not give long-term predictions, says the North of England is set to be hit by gale-force winds.
Met forecaster Byron Chalcroft said: “Towards the end of this week and next week it will be getting increasingly unsettled and windy.” Floods have already hit many parts of the UK. Five people, including two children, were rescued from a minibus yesterday after it became stuck in deep, fast-flowing water in Dorset.
A farmer used a tractor to pull the bus and its passengers to safety.
A freak hail storm hit Devon and Cornwall on Thursday, causing 6ft-high drifts of hailstones and widespread flooding as the ice melted.
About 100 people were evacuated from their homes in Ottery St Mary, Devon, and 25 were airlifted to safety or rescued by firefighters.
The hailstones buried cars up to their roofs and the freezing conditions caused floodwater to form treacherous icy patches, leading to dozens of road accidents.
London was also hit, experiencing its first October snow for more than 70 years.
WeatherAction had predicted the devastating battering that England’s east coast took last year as London’s Thames Barrier was raised to protect the capital from waves surging up the river.
Flood defences in Suffolk were breached as East Anglia was hit by the biggest tidal surge for 50 years.
The Environment Agency said it was the worst weather to hit the UK since the great storm of 1953 which killed 307 people when a three-metre wall of water swamped Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent.
Daily Express | UK News :: Stand by for a 90mph battering
BRITAIN is set to be battered by severe storms and plunged into Arctic weather conditions this month.
Temperatures are expected to plummet as autumn quickly turns to winter after freak snow and hail storms hit the South of England last week.
The mercury could drop to -5C in some areas as Britain is buffeted by November winds of up to 90 miles per hour.
Experts warn that two “once in 20 years” mega-storms could strike.
WeatherAction says fierce conditions at sea will cause gales and tsunami-like waves to funnel down the east coast of Britain. The group’s Piers Corbyn said: “I am 95 per cent confident there will be severe storms in the North Atlantic/British Isles region in the periods around November 12-14 and November 25-28.
“There is a respective 70 per cent and 35 per cent chance that these storms will lead to a notable North Sea storm surge which could require emergency action in England and Holland.”
The Met Office, which does not give long-term predictions, says the North of England is set to be hit by gale-force winds.
Met forecaster Byron Chalcroft said: “Towards the end of this week and next week it will be getting increasingly unsettled and windy.” Floods have already hit many parts of the UK. Five people, including two children, were rescued from a minibus yesterday after it became stuck in deep, fast-flowing water in Dorset.
A farmer used a tractor to pull the bus and its passengers to safety.
A freak hail storm hit Devon and Cornwall on Thursday, causing 6ft-high drifts of hailstones and widespread flooding as the ice melted.
About 100 people were evacuated from their homes in Ottery St Mary, Devon, and 25 were airlifted to safety or rescued by firefighters.
The hailstones buried cars up to their roofs and the freezing conditions caused floodwater to form treacherous icy patches, leading to dozens of road accidents.
London was also hit, experiencing its first October snow for more than 70 years.
WeatherAction had predicted the devastating battering that England’s east coast took last year as London’s Thames Barrier was raised to protect the capital from waves surging up the river.
Flood defences in Suffolk were breached as East Anglia was hit by the biggest tidal surge for 50 years.
The Environment Agency said it was the worst weather to hit the UK since the great storm of 1953 which killed 307 people when a three-metre wall of water swamped Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent.
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