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Weather case studies


A selection of case studies of different types of severe weather.

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    Boscastle Floods

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    The heatwave of 2003

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    The Great Smog of 1952

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    The Great Storm of 1987

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    Severe Winters

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    Hurricane Katrina

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    July 2013 heat wave

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    The Russian heatwave of summer 2010

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    Hurricane Sandy

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    November 2012 flooding

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    UK Snow 2010

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    Ottery St Mary Hailstorm October 2008

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    Widespread snow March 2013

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    Floods and flooding

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    Widespread snow January 2013

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    UK Snow 4 to 5 February 2012

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    A snowy day in Winter 2005

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    Indian summer 2011

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    July flooding 2012

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    2012 - a wet year

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    Hurricane Igor hits Bermuda (20 September 2010)

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    April 2012 - Wet and windy

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    The Russian heatwave of summer 2010

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