uk weather hazards

• what are the uk weather hazards?

  strong winds, heavy rainfall, snow and ice, drought, thunderstorms heatwaves
• how can strong winds impact the uk?

  • damage properties
  • uprooted trees and debris can injure or kill people
• how can heavy rainfall impact the uk?

  • flooding - causes damage to homes, transport networks, and could drown people
  • can cost millions to recover from floods
• how can snow and ice affect the uk?

  • cause injuries due to slipping
  • deaths due to cold
  • disruption to travel
  • schools & business forced to shut
• how can drought affect the uk?

  • water supplied can run low causing economic impacts and crop failure
  • rules to conserve water (hosepipe ban) have to be introduced
• how can thunderstorms affect the uk?

  • heavy rain
  • strong winds
  • lightning
  • lightning can cause fires - damage to property and sometimes can kill
• how can heatwaves affect the uk?

  • heat exhaustion
  • breathing difficulties
  • rails buckling - disruption to transportation
  • roads melting
  • tourism industry may benefit
• give two pieces of evidences of the weather becoming more extreme in the Uk.

  • temperature - extreme cold events also seem to be more frequent
  • rainfall - major flooding events have become more frequent over the past ten years.