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northern parts on the 10th and 11th. In Gateshead, power lines were brought down, with some travel disruption arising on the Newcastle Metro. Several roads around Newcastle were closed due to fallen trees, with further disruption on flights from Newcastle airport and on the Shields Ferry service

, but there are the Tyne gap linking Carlisle and Newcastle and the Aire gap linking Lancashire and Yorkshire. The other significant area of high ground is the North York Moors, rising to over 400 metres. The major population and industrial centres tend to be associated with the rivers and include Sheffield

outages can increase 4-5-fold, especially at lower wind speeds.  Colin Manning, research associate at Newcastle University and visiting scientist at the Met Office, and report author said: "Windstorms have long been recognised as a threat to the UK's electricity distribution networks, which are vital

as a senior computational scientist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science for providing advice, support and training for UM software systems. Prior to that, Changgui completed her PhD in environmental modelling at the Department of Civil Engineering in the University of Newcastle. During her

, working with Manchester Climate Change Agency Newcastle City Pack   Newry City Pack, working with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Reading City Pack, working with Reading Borough Council Sheffield City Pack, working with Sheffield City Council Torbay City Pack, working with Torbay Council

, Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick and York, Queen Mary University of London, King’s College London, Imperial College London, UCL, Newcastle University, The Alan Turing Institute, Hartree Centre. The JADE 2 service, hosted at STFC’s Hartree Centre, will be a unique national resource providing a state

consequences for changing flood risk as was seen in central Europe in the summer. A recent study by Met Office and Newcastle University scientists showed that slow-moving storms with the potential for high rainfall accumulations are projected to be 14 times more frequent over land across Europe

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Centre Science Review Group - Members’ Terms of Service Details Name Start of appointment End of appointment Areas of expertise/interest Prof. Hayley Fowler (acting chair) University of Newcastle 2021 Mid-2024 Hydro-climatologist – impacts of climate change and variability on hydrological and water

scientific frontiers, will also support weather and climate science and services in the UK and around the world.  Lightning storm over Newcastle, South Africa Current research areas Monitoring and attribution To understand how our climate is changing we need a clear view of the past through climate