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. 24. Image of anemograph wind trace for the Burns Day Storm, 25 January 1990, at Gwennap Head, Cornwall. Wind speed is normally measured by a cup anemometer consisting of three or four cups, conical or hemispherical in shape, mounted symmetrically about a vertical spindle. The wind blowing

flooding compared to 1953. 22 The 1953 East Coast flood remains the UK’s worst short-lived natural disaster for loss of life in recent times, with the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean claiming the lives of over 140 UK citizens overseas, and the 1990 Burns’ Day Storm killing 47 people in the UK

comparable or windier years in the 1980s and 1990s. This earlier period also included among the most severe storms experienced in the UK in the observational records including the ‘Burns’ Day Storm’ of 25 January 1990, the ‘Boxing Day Storm’ of 26 December 1998 and the ‘Great Storm’ of 16 October 1987. Year

Key points The weather has a crucial influence on the severity of fires. Hot, dry conditions mean that once a fire has started, whether by human or natural causes, it can burn more intensely and spread faster. Warmer temperatures cause more evaporation which dries the vegetation faster. Over recent

Almost a third of UK adults are unaware that UV radiation comes from the sun, and they aren’t aware that over exposure to UV can lead to eye burn, macular degeneration or cataracts later in life.   UK unaware of health risks Although more people are aware about the connection between UV light

storms experienced in the UK in the observational records including the ‘Burns’ Day Storm’ of 25 January 1990, the ‘Boxing Day Storm’ of 26 December 1998 and the ‘Great Storm’ of 16 October 1987 and none of the individual storms during 2015 compared with these for severity. However, the last two years

in the 1980s and 1990s. This earlier period also included among the most severe storms experienced in the UK in the observational records including the ‘Burns’ Day Storm’ of 25 January 1990, the ‘Boxing Day Storm’ of 26 December 1998 and the ‘Great Storm’ of 16 October 1987. None of the individual storms

low cloud in the south-east and mist and fog patches in the far north had burned off. The 17th was again sunny, and warm or very warm, after early mist and low cloud in East Anglia. The 18th was also sunny and warm or very warm, but cloud increased late in the day with patchy rain for parts