Floods and stormy weather batter Britain, temperatures plummet below freezing point in many rural parts of the north

Numerus flood warnings are in place for areas like Yeovil, Derby, and the Lake District and London suburbs. Warning of a yellow thunderstorm is there for London, the south and parts of Wales. Storm Claudio has been lashing parts of the country, causing chaos on the roads and in coastal towns. The Met department issued more than 20 separate flood alerts across the nation, apart from yellow weather warnings for parts of the south east of England and North West Scotland. Residents should install flood protection measures to reduce the impact of the floods. In London, heavy rain fell overnight with rise in river levels. There are possibilities of floods in low-lying land, roads and riverside gardens and disruption in rail services. Flooding has led to closure of many stations. Signal failure due to floods has contributed to the agonies of the travelers. UK weather: Britain wakes up to widespread flooding and warnings after night of downpours.

In such a scenario, people have to be prepared to face floods and associated travel problems. These could be due to various reasons like signal failure or cars struggling to navigate surrounding roads. Meanwhile, forecasters have warned Brits to be prepared to "get their ice scrapers out" and prepare for frost to cover this week. Temperatures could drop to below freezing in many rural parts of the north tonight before plummeting further to -2C. Areas in the South will need to brace for chilly nights in the low single figures, as a November chill finally arrives following an unseasonably warm spell. Motorists have to be careful of the freezing temperatures ahead. As the Met Office said in a tweet - "Some of us may need our ice scrapers in the next few days as temperatures dip close to freezing."

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#StormGertrude Storm Gertrude is playing havoc with its 144mph winds accompanied by power cuts. Thousands of homes and businesses were left without power following the rampage of Storm Gertrude, it recorded wind speeds of up to 144mph recorded in Cairngorm mountainous and eastern Highlands areas. As a result, nearly 8,500 properties in Scotland had to lose electricity, apart from thousands across Ireland.
This has been reported in sky.news.com dated 30 January 2016.

Subsequently, power had been restored to 14,000 properties in Scotland. However, the engineers had been hampered by flooding and the high winds as indicated by the Scottish Hydro power company. The Met Office issued a red weather warning - the most severe - for Shetland because the gusts reached 105mph in Lerwick. Moreover, Inverbervie in Aberdeenshire and Orlock Head in Northern Ireland experienced 80mph gusts.
Incidentally, rare multicolored nacreous clouds that one usually sees in polar areas, were spotted in Aberdeenshire. The Environment Agency have informed people in southern England and parts of the North about the risk of renewed flooding over the weekend. The level of the River Ouse in North Yorkshire and the Severn at Shrewsbury are expected to be particularly high.


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At least 31 people have lost their lives in the past two days in rain related incidents. There was extensive flooding in Tamil Nadu as the North East Monsoon continued to be active in several parts of the state. The worst affected were the Cuddalore District which itself accounted for 27 deaths due to drowning. There was also serious disruption in the basic infrastructure, including power supply. This has prompted Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to depute a team of ministers and officials to look after and supervise the relief work. This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 12 November 2015.

Tamil Nadu usually receives 440 mm of rains during the North East monsoon season between October and December. But, in the present case, it has received 300 mm of rainfall in the past three days due to a deep depression. Of course, Cuddalore district gets an average of 697 mm rain and, so far, it has received 500 mm of rain. The Chief Minister has said that as part of relief work in Cuddalore district, common kitchens have been set up and 29,000 people housed in safe locations. the administration has also taken measures to prevent spread of infectious diseases for which 37 mobile medical camps have been put in operation and 90 veterinary medical teams are on the job. Moreover, damaged roads are being rebuilt by the Highways Department. Many fishing boats (vallam) have been washed away into the sea due to floods in Gedilam river in Cuddalore district and some of these have been located with Coast Guard support.

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