Now Britain faces threat of flooding as forecasters predict torrential rain for vast swathes of the country
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Last updated at 9:03 PM on 15th January 2011
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Britain is expected to suffer from flooding as heavy rain is forecast across vast swathes of the country.
As huge parts of the southern hemisphere clean up after torrential downpours the UK is set for its own mini-monsoon.
Large parts of the country look set to be hit by six inches of rain tonight with gale force winds hitting many parts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Cockermouth was one of the Cumbrian towns deluged by floods in 2009 - now forecasters warn the same may happen again
The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings and Cumbria - hit 19 months ago by devastating floods - is again expected to face the brunt of the storms.
Extreme weather has been experienced across the world with the La Niña phenomenon causing floods in Australia, Brazil and Sri Lanka.
Only a couple of weeks ago the UK was experiencing record breaking cold weather conditions but now weathermen are saying that we should expect 'abnormally mild' temperatures rising to 14C in some places.
However, with the warm temperatures come wetter conditions, forecaster Barry Grommet warned.
'The air we are getting at the moment is coming from the subtropical part of the Atlantic. Not only is it mild and warm, it has got a lot of moisture in it.
'Wherever you are overt the next two or three days you are going to see heavy rain,' he told the Daily Telegraph.
Lindsay Dover, a forecaster at MeteoGroup, said: 'There's rain coming from the west tomorrow and that's going to spread slowly east, across most of the country.
'It's going to be very windy as well and there'll be gusts of around 60mph in north west Scotland. Elsewhere we are looking at gusts of about 40mph.
Hopefully the rain won't be as bad as it has been in Australia. Former prime minister, Kevin Rudd, is seen with other volunteers taking part in the cleaning process in Brisbane
'It will be very, very mild for January, reaching up to 14C in some places. Slowly temperatures will start dropping on Monday but it will still be mild.'
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: 'With further rain forecast by the Met Office over the weekend, and the ground approaching saturation point, further flood alerts and flood warnings are likely to be issued.
'These may remain in place over the weekend and into next week.
'The heavy rainfall expected in Cumbria may result in some flooding of roads and some properties, although severe flooding, such as that seen in November 2009, is not anticipated.'
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My heart-felt thoughts and prayers to all those in Queensland(love, love, love beautiful Queensland my adopted home:), Brazil and Sri Lanka.
3 comments:
Hi Cosmic,
I gather you must be in England ?? and in that case I hope you stay safe.
If some so-called "expert" wants to try and convince people that all that freak weather happening at the same time ALL over the planet is due to the La Niná effect... well, what can I say!
oh no! praying it doesn't come to fruition!
I must admit I didn't read the article fully, just skimmed through it , but having said that we've been getting getting a lot of overcast, rainy weather of late. Floods are a complete nightmare for all. Lots of prayers are on the agenda I say!
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