UK extreme weather

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  • What evidence suggests that UK weather is becoming more extreme?
    • 2013 & 2014: Somerset Levels Flooding was the most severe flooding ever recorded in the area
    • 2017: Storm Ophelia was the furthest east major hurricane (category 3+) on record in the Atlantic
    • 2018: Joint hottest year since records began & the hottest summer since records began but also Beast from the East caused daytime temperatures of -12 degrees celsius
    • The ten hottest years on record have all come within the last 20 years
    • 6/10 wettest years on record have come within the last 20 years