{"id":195185,"date":"2023-10-24T15:29:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=195185"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:29:26","slug":"no-end-in-sight-for-britains-flooding-hell-as-more-chaos-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/no-end-in-sight-for-britains-flooding-hell-as-more-chaos-predicted\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No end in sight’ for Britain’s flooding hell as more chaos predicted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunak compares UK’s climate change record to other countries<\/h3>\n

Flood-hit communities have been dealt another warning for this winter after months of dry and scorching weather comes to an end.<\/p>\n

Killer Storm Babet wreaked havoc on a mass of towns and villages last week, leaving seven dead and hundreds of people homeless.<\/p>\n

Entire areas were cut off due to flooding and the Met Office issued two rare red ‘danger to life’ warnings for parts of Scotland. As the extreme deluge of rain begins to clear up, people will be counting the cost of damage to their homes and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

And now one expert has given an insight into what has caused such a catastrophic storm – and the little known link it has to the UK’s long, hot summer.<\/p>\n

Jim Dale, a senior meteorologist for British Weather Services, told Express.co.uk the country would need to brace for a mixed bag of weather to come, with temperatures dipping at times.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Met Office warning as UK faces imminent 16-hour storm deluge<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But he also shed light on the unprecedented nature of stormy weather, and how neighbourhoods may need to brace for more extreme weather events – in the immediate and long-term future.<\/p>\n

He said: “It\u2019s really a case of drip, drip, drip, splosh! – adding to the copious amounts of water already down and sometimes meaningfully so.<\/p>\n

“A very mixed bag of weather to come (cold at times too) with no immediate end in sight. A procession of low pressure areas, associated frontal systems and showers to follow.”<\/p>\n

The Met Office has issued a fresh 16 hour storm warning for parts of Britain which is set to come into force this evening for much of the southern coast of England.<\/p>\n

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More widespread rain, though, is “bound to lead to more flooding”, he claimed. “A week from now, southern England and Wales, eastern Scotland (again) and parts of Northern Ireland will have shipped 3-4 inches (75-100mm), it’s bound to lead to more flooding,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Why is the UK becoming besieged by rain? Mr Dale said it’s actually linked to a record breaking summer and the rising temperature of the sea.<\/p>\n

He added: “Bottom line, the energy that\u2019s in the oceans from the record heat-breaking summer\/early autumn is being gradually released in the form of energy into the atmosphere and weather systems, which in turn can hold more water.<\/p>\n

“The UK and other parts of Western Europe are in for a torrid time, in my opinion.”<\/p>\n