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"Global weather patterns may lead to severe flooding in February despite
England remaining in drought, the Met Office has said.
Two-thirds of people at risk of flooding were unaware of the situation, the
government said on Monday, as it embarked on an awareness campaign. This
average cost to a flooded household is £30,000, figures show.
The end-of-winter floods would be a result of a weather phenomenon called La
Niña – a powerful pattern influenced by cooler temperatures in the Pacific.
This is what caused flooding in February, when storms damaged hundreds of
homes.
The system, capable of setting off a chain reaction of extreme weather across
the world, was likely to cause cold snaps at the beginning of the season and
storms at the end of it, experts said.
The drought is also expected to have a large impact on flooding, with baked
ground starved of rain all year less able to absorb heavy showers, meaning
water runs off into properties or agricultural land.
Government agencies said the military was on standby to help should flooding
become unmanageable for the Environment Agency and other bodies, with the risk
expected to be particularly high at the end of winter."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
