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At the storm's peak, hurricane-force winds caused more than 280,000 homes to lose power across Scotland. SSEN said customers have been provided with realistic updates on when they can expect ...
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Portal:Weather/Selected picture/33 Ground fog is a name given to fog that forms a shallow layer near the ground, sometimes just tens of centimeters thick. It can form due to warm air moving over a colder surface (advection fog), or at night due to the escape of thermal radiation into space (radiation fog).
The European heat waves from summer 2003 are estimated to have caused 30,000 excess deaths, due to heat stress and air pollution. [13] Over 200 U.S cities have registered new record high temperatures. [14] The worst heat wave in the US occurred in 1936 and killed more than 5000 people directly.
Experts paint a picture of a weather-related accident — fog — that led to the crash that took the life of Kobe Bryant and eight others.
Sources for particles that cause haze include farming (stubble burning, ploughing in dry weather), traffic, industry, windy weather, volcanic activity and wildfires. Seen from afar (e.g. an approaching airplane) and depending on the direction of view with respect to the Sun, haze may appear brownish or bluish, while mist tends to be bluish grey ...
Sunny spells and warmer weather are in store for most of the UK, but a risk of rain remains in parts. Jubilee weekend weather is ‘mixed picture’ Skip to main content
Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These vary depending on the latitude , altitude , topography , and atmospheric conditions.