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Season of misery: Southwest of England plagued by heavy rain and flooding

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/22/12

December 22, 2012 – UNITED KINGDOM - Hundreds of homeowners across the south west of England are likely to have their festive season ruined with forecasters predicting that heavy rain will batter the flood-hit region until Christmas Eve. Heavy rain has already left Christmas travel plans for millions in tatters while homes and businesses in south-west England were hit by flooding.

 

 

Down to -50C: Russians freeze to death as strongest-in-decades winter hits (PHOTOS)

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RT.com - 12/19/12

RIA Novosti / Aleksey Malgavko

RIA Novosti / Aleksey Malgavko

Russia is enduring its harshest winter in over 70 years, with temperatures plunging as low as -50 degrees Celsius. Dozens of people have already died, and almost 150 have been hospitalized.

­The country has not witnessed such a long cold spell since 1938, meteorologists said, with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees lower than the seasonal norm all over Russia.

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2012 Extreme Weather Sets Records, Fits Climate Change Forecasts

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Huff Post - 12/20/12, Seth Borenstein

WASHINGTON -- As 2012 began, winter in the U.S. went AWOL. Spring and summer arrived early with wildfires, blistering heat and drought. And fall hit the eastern third of the country with the ferocity of Superstorm Sandy.

This past year's weather was deadly, costly and record-breaking everywhere – but especially in the United States.

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Flood travel chaos fears as 4 million try for Christmas getaway

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Mirror - 12/22/12, Adam Aspinall

Terrible weather conditions have caused flooding and landslides in many parts of Britain and nearly 300 flood alerts are still in place across the UK

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Festive holiday-makers have been warned to expect misery on the roads, railways and at airports today as four million people make the great Christmas getaway.

Terrible weather conditions have caused flooding and landslides in many parts of Britain and nearly 300 flood alerts are still in place across the UK.

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Draco's Impacts: Flights Delayed, Roads Snarled

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Weather.com - 12/22/12, AP

Winona, Minn.

Blowing snow reduces vision as motorists wait for a light change in Lawrence, Kan., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Midwest snowstorm is causing travel delays on roads and in the air. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were hoping to finally head to their holiday destinations Friday as Winter Storm Draco dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest moved across the Great Lakes toward Canada.

Winter Storm Draco, part of a system that began in the Rockies earlier in the week, led airlines to cancel more than 1,000 flights Thursday and caused whiteout conditions that left roads dangerous to drive on. It was blamed for deaths in at least five states, with parts of Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan hit with more than a foot of snow.

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Draco's Low Lingers: Wind, Snow in the Northeast

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Weather.com - 12/22/12, Chris Dolce

Winona, Minn.

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Oshkosh, Wisc.(Photo: Pookie Bear/iWitness)

The low-pressure system associated with Winter Storm Draco will linger over northern New England into the weekend. This will result in the continuation of both strong, gusty winds and lake-enhanced snow through Saturday.

Winds will be the most intense from parts of southern New England and New York to the Mid-Atlantic on Saturday. Gusts could reach 40 or 50 mph at times during the afternoon, which may result in airport delays from New York City to D.C. In addition, isolated power outages and tree damage cannot be rule out as well

Winter Storm Draco Doesn't Dent Drought

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Weather.com - 12/21/12, Carey Gillam, Reuters

Winona, Minn.

Sandhill Cranes ride out the storm on the banks of the Wisconsin River. (Photo by Tom Lynn/Getty Images)

Winter Storm Draco brought much-needed moisture to drought-hit states, but the drought has such a tight grip on the central U.S. that more moisture will be needed, according to weather experts.

"The snow is good, but in most instances it was less than one inch of liquid and if the soils are frozen, there will be little infiltration," said Brian Fuchs, climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "Welcomed, yes. A big changer to the overall drought, not really," Fuchs said.

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Eleven Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in 2012

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Weather.com - Chris Dolce, 12/20/12

Longport, N.J.

Heavy equipment operators work on a mountain of debris left by Superstorm Sandy Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Wall, N.J.
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It was another expensive year of weather-related disasters in the United States.

The country saw a preliminary total of eleven billion-dollar weather disasters in 2012, according to a report released by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This follows a disastrous 2011, which contained a record fourteen billion-dollar weather disasters in records dating to 1980.

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Floods cause chaos around Britain after heavy rains

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The Guardian - 12/20/12, Steven Morris

Roads, railways and waterways hit by high water levels after 40mm of rain fell within 24-hour period

People walk through heavy rain on the South Bank, in London.

People walk through heavy rain on the South Bank, in London. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
 

Homes and businesses have been inundated, roads blocked and train services disrupted as flooding again hit parts of the UK.

Firefighters were pumping water out of homes and dealing with landslips after more than 40mm (1.6in) of rain fell within 24 hours.

1 Dead, 17 Injured in Texas Dust Storm Accidents

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ABC News - 12/20/12, AP

A dust storm in West Texas triggered a series of accidents Wednesday that killed one person, injured at least 17 others and led authorities to close part of Interstate 27 north of Lubbock, a spokesman with the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Cpl. John Gonzalez said 23 vehicles were involved in a series of chain-reaction crashes south of Abernathy as sand and dust from nearby fields were whipped by winds gusting up to 55 mph.

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