UK storm: Damage disrupts travel as more severe weather hits
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25502730
Three dead as severe storms and flooding cause major disruption to Christmas travel
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/10535835/Christmas-travel-in-UK-disrupted-by-storms-and-flooding.html
https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2013/12/24/wind-and-rainfall-data-23-to-24-december-2013/
Wind and rainfall data 23 to 24 December 2013
As forecast it was a stormy night across the southern half of the UK. Below you can see the highest gusts of wind and rainfal totals recorded at Met Office observing sites from 6pm 23 December and 7am 24 December.
For Christmas Day and Boxing Day, we are expecting a colder and less windy interlude with overnight frosts and sunny spells and a wintry mix of showers, so there is a chance that some places, especially the higher ground of the west and north, may see a White Christmas. For most of us though Christmas is likely to be green not white.
BRITAIN is on course for its first proper White Christmas in DECADES with forecasters now predicting widespread snow across the country on Christmas morning.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/449815/Snow-warning-Winter-2013-will-see-a-White-Christmas-across-UK-says-shock-weather-forecast
Bookmakers Ladbrokes last night slashed back odds of snow falling in London on Christmas Day from 12/1 to 8/1.
The Extraordinary UK Winter of 2013-14
https://www.skepticalscience.com/uk-winter-2013-14.html
So many severe weather events occurred that they almost seemed continuous a lot of the time. So, to begin with, a timeline is necessary in order for readers elsewhere around the world to appreciate its sheer relentlessness. In a follow-up post, we will take a look at the outbreak of politics that accompanied it, and the scientific debate regarding causes and the possible influence of climate change.
December 2013 storms review – impact on electricity distribution customers
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/86460/finaldecember2013stormsreview.pdf
Over Christmas 2013 Great Britain was hit by a series of severe storms. The Department of
Energy and Climate Change’s review of the weather for this period suggests that December
2013 was the most stormy December on record for more than 40 years and was one of the
most windy months for the UK since January 1993. These storms caused extensive damage
to parts of the local electricity network. As a result, over two million customers lost their
power supply at some point. Nearly one million consumers experienced a power cut greater
than three minutes, and almost 16,000 customers were left without electricity for more than 48 hours.
We are extremely concerned given the level of disruption and distress that was caused by
these storms and the subsequent disruption to supply.
This report sets out the facts of the storm, our initial assessment of the preparedness of the
network operators ahead of the storms and how well they responded to events. We want to
make sure that lessons are learnt from this incident so that the impact on customers of
future events of this nature is kept to a minimum. This report highlights our views and
specifies the actions we will take.