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: View of the Assembly Hall within Church House. Photo 3: Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government delivering the keynote speech. 16 ‘A Growing Community Around a Shared Challenge’ Feedback on the event location from the questionnaire was overwhelmingly positive, with 76

-flooding across parts of south-east England. On 25 July, sections of the M11 were closed and there was disruption on roads in London. Some motorists were stranded, residents were trapped in flooded basements and there was flooding in ticket halls of some tube stations. A London hospital was forced

, Cornwall, and between Exeter and Taunton (Somerset). Many commuters were advised to work from home. Hundreds of schools were shut and almost 150,000 homes were left without power. Large waves battered the South Coast with several vehicles swept into the sea and a major incident declared in Hampshire

close to the southwest of England through Saturday, gradually weakening but still influential enough to bring further wet and windy weather, particularly during the morning. Rain bands wrapped around this system will push into Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset and parts of Wales, delivering spells

will be mostly around average, with a mild feel during brighter spells. READ MORE: Rain or showers? What's the difference? Stone Valley North – Thornley Hall Farm, County Durham (From Fri 8) Wednesday brings a welcome break from recent unsettled weather, with dry conditions and sunny spells expected. Winds

affecting Chard and Ilminster in Somerset, where tens of properties were reported as flooded. Meanwhile in White Cross, Cornwall, a housefire early on the 27th was attributed to a lightning strike. Monthly extremes The table below lists UK monthly weather extremes recorded at individual weather stations

on the 12th, with parts of Tewkesbury impacted by floodwater, and more than 40 properties were impacted by flood water adjacent to the River Exe. Further widespread rain on the 13th caused flooding across the Somerset Levels, whilst road and rail travel were impacted in Shropshire and Herefordshire, as well

the cross-border forum and noted that when warnings come with short lead time it is harder to put all the planned mitigation in place. Where citizens and responders are reliant on the severe weather warning then there is a dependence which does not activate until a warning is announced

: A maximum temperature of 17.6 °C was recorded at Nantwich, Reaseheath Hall (Cheshire) on the 9th. A minimum temperature of -8.7 °C was recorded at Shap (Cumbria) on the 29th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 20th, 67.2 mm of rain fell at Achfary (Sutherland). A wind gust of 85 knots (98 mph

Public Health England BEIS Met Office Met Office Met Office Met Office Met Office Apologies William Hall Ian Hoult Actions Owner Action Date 1. Secretariat Actions from the last meeting to be sent round by By 14 Feb correspondence 2. Duncan Potts Look into how MO funding flows and how it works