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3/20/2000, "Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past...Children just aren't going to know what snow is." Independent UK, Charles Onians."According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".
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12/27/14, "UK weather: Travel chaos continues as King's Cross train delays add to snow on roads," UK Independent, Lizzie Dearden
"Drivers were wading along snow-covered motorways to recover their
abandoned cars this morning as rail passengers faced delays and
cancellations across the country.
The worst of the snow is over, according to the Met Office, but it
will be slow to melt in near freezing temperatures and there is a
warning for ice over much of the UK.
Anyone hoping to avoid the
wintry conditions on roads today was faced with chaos on parts of the
rail network, with trains to and from King's Cross in London cancelled
all day because of overrunning engineering works.
Shuttle buses were taking passengers to Finsbury Park, where amended
services were due to run north to Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland.
But
huge numbers of extra passengers flooding into the north London station
forced it to be temporarily closed because of overcrowding on Saturday
morning, with travellers comparing it to a "war zone". Tickets are
being made valid on Sunday and Monday because of the inconvenience.
Signalling problems near Southampton were causing delays and
cancellations on South West Trains between Salisbury, Romsey, Portsmouth
and Fareham.
Fallen trees brought down by high winds overnight
were affecting services through Basingstoke, Hastings and Tunbridge
Wells, while over-running engineering works between London Paddington
and Hayes were delaying services on routes to Oxford, Cardiff and
Exeter.
People were hit by trains in Northampton and Gowerton, in Wales, also causing temporary line closures.
Last
night saw roads in Yorkshire grind to a halt in heavy snowfall, as many
motorists chose to abandoned their stuck vehicles in Sheffield after
queuing for up to four hours
.
Many drivers became marooned by
heavy snow in Yorkshire, Chesterfield and the Peak District, where the
RAC said people were experiencing “big problems”.
“We are rescuing people who are bogged down in snow there," a spokesperson said. That seems to be the biggest area of problems in the UK. We are
seeing higher volumes of calls than we would usually get on a Saturday
this time of year. Some motorists are abandoning their vehicles."
Liverpool's
John Lennon Airport and Leeds Bradford International in Yorkshire
closed while their runways were cleared of snow as a band of wintry
weather crossed the country from Merseyside and north Wales through the
Midlands and Yorkshire.
Both airports were reporting arrivals and
departures resumed as normal on Saturday morning but delays were still
being reported at Manchester Airport. Leek, near the Peak District
in Staffordshire, saw the worst of the snow with 10cm (4 in), the Met
Office said, with Cranwell in Lincolnshire also seeing 7cm (3 in).
Police warned of hazardous conditions last night, especially in Staffordshire and Cheshire, with several roads made impassable....Leicestershire
Police warned of snow causing disruption in the north of the county,
urging people to only travel if "absolutely necessary" and to avoid the
A1, where large vehicles were stuck.
Snow had been predicted to
fall in parts of north Wales, the North West and the Midlands, with a
Met Office Level Three amber cold weather alert in place and a yellow
warning of snow across a large swathe of the UK since yesterday morning....
The snow made conditions difficult for
some of yesterday's football matches, including in the West Midlands as
West Bromwich Albion lost 3-1 to Manchester City in a game played in a
blizzard at The Hawthorns.
The Met Office had earlier said there
was a 90 per cent chance of severe cold, ice or snow in parts of England
between this afternoon and New Year's Eve.
An area including
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia, the North
West, Yorkshire and as far south east as London and Kent has been put on
a separate yellow alert for snow.
Christmas night was the coldest of the year so far, with minus 8.5C (16.7F) recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire.
Temperatures could also drop as low as minus 10C (14F) in some places
at the start of next week as the cloud and wet weather gives way to
clearer skies.
A spokesperson for the Department for Transport
said: "As winter weather grips some areas of the country we would advise
people intending to travel to check weather and local conditions before
they set out."...
Top image: "Some drivers stuck in queues for four hours and two airports forced to close," UK Independent
Second image: "Referee Mark Clattenburg during
the Premier League football match between Manchester City and West
Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns in the Midlands, Reuters/Toby Melville"
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