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A Kidderminster resident has been left "absolutely astounded" after his insurance company refused to pay for storm damage because wind speeds were 2mph too slow to qualify as an official storm.Dennis Iliffe was denied a payout by insurance provider Ageas after Storm Darragh damaged his property last week.The company insisted that because wind speeds in Kidderminster reached only 53mph, rather than the required 55mph threshold, the weather event did not […]

A ‘bomb cyclone’ storm riding a 2,000-mile ‘atmospheric river’ threatens millions of Americans with power outages, toppling trees and ‘life-threatening floods’.Torrents of rain will drench swaths of the US as an ‘unusually potent’ weather system smashes in from the Caribbean.The assault will be driven by a rapidly strengthening ‘explosive cyclogenesis’ storm – also called a weather bomb or bomb cyclone – and a stream of moisture from the tropics.So-called atmospheric […]

Britain is bracing for a deep freeze as temperatures plummet below zero, with forecasters predicting snow could blanket parts of the country over the Christmas period.The Met Office's long-range forecast indicates sleet and snow is "likely at times" between Christmas Eve and January 7, particularly on higher ground in the north.Temperatures are set to dramatically drop from December 22, with Stirlingshire potentially facing lows of -6C due to a harsh […]

A turbo-charged jet stream will suck freezing winds from the north into freak southerly heat driving a ‘temperature rollercoaster’.The US is about to become a nation divided with snow and sub-zero gales to blitz upper states while further south gets ready for a blast of warmth.A ‘tug-of-war’ at the collision point will unleash ferocious storms with stormy weather forecast into Christmas.Southern, southwestern and some eastern regions will see thermometers hover […]

Storm-battered Britain faces another eight weeks of wind and rain as the nation is gripped by the ‘cyclonic Atlantic’.As swathes of the country clean up after the 96mph hammering from Storm Darragh, experts are glued to panic stations for the next assault.Long-range forecasting models reveal a relentless pattern of wind and rain into February 2025.Stormy conditions and ‘impacts from high winds’ are ‘more likely than normal’, according to Government forecasters.Britons […]

The Met Office has given its first verdict on whether Britons could be in for a white Christmas in its latest long-range forecast.Forecasters suggests the UK is set for an unsettled period leading up to and beyond Christmas - but has already signalled that "sleet and snow" could be heading for Britain's shores as the festive season gets underway.The Met Office's December 13-22 long-range forecast says that a period of […]

A trio of storms threatens a week of hell as the US braces for a relentless deluge of ‘drenching rain’, powerful winds and snow.Three vicious ‘cyclonic lows’ ploughing the US will feed off one another gaining strength on a reign of misery.Southern and eastern states will be swept by a loop of the jet stream doubling as a storm conveyor belt.The region unsettled weather into the weekend with the last […]

Storm Darragh is set to wreak havoc as the Met office have issued a yellow weather warning amidst 70mph winds and a mass power outage.The warning came into force at 6am across much of England and Wales.Brits have been warned about strong winds after two people died due to Storm Darragh on Saturday.There will most likely be gusts of 35-45mph inland, potentially reaching 70mps around the coasts this morning. A […]

A "mini-tornado" has struck part of Staffordshire as Britain braces for Storm Darragh. Families in one street in Clayton, near Newcastle-under-Lyme said they are now assessing the damage after the "tornado" hit at around 5pm.One Clayton Lane resident said: "A mini tornado just came through Clayton, it ripped our grass up, ripped the roof tiles off our neighbour's roof. There's fence panels everywhere, I've never seen anything like it, the […]