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Storm Dennis, the second-strongest nontropical storm on record in the North Atlantic Ocean, caused widespread flooding across parts of the United Kingdom on Sunday, along with winds exceeding hurricane force.
The storm, which is producing waves up to 80 feet tall west of the U.K., dumped more than five inches of rain in South Wales, almost an inch more than the area typically receives for the entire month of February. The resulting flooding has prompted numerous evacuations and even cut off some communities.
The U.K. Met Office, which named the storm, issued its first red warning for heavy rainfall since 2015, its highest warning category. The countrys Environment Agency issued a record number of flood warnings, 594, on a single day, according to John Curtin, executive director of flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency.
While the rainfall totals were noteworthy, they were not unprecedented. However, coming just one week after another severe bomb cyclone, known in the U.K. as Storm Ciara, the ground was already saturated when this one arrived. This caused many rivers, creeks and streams to overflow their banks and even triggered landslides.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/storm-dennis-2nd-strongest-bomb-cyclone-on-record-in-north-atlantic-causes-severe-flooding-in-uk/ar-BB10441p?li=BBnb7Kz
TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)This is scary stuff.
kimbutgar
(21,040 posts)tblue37
(65,215 posts)DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)And after their cronies.
How's this:
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Leith
(7,807 posts)on Ventusky.com and I was shocked. It looked worse than the worst hurricane I looked at ever. The air pressure in the center (eye? ) was so low that it was lower than the chart on the lower right. I have not seen that in any typhoon or hurricane in the past 3 years.
I just checked and the air pressure is back to normal storm strength, but it is still gigantic. Take a look, play around looking at precipitation, air speed at various levels, and so on.
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=59.1;-11.6;4&l=pressure&t=20200217/0300
This storm is even worse than the one that caused widespread flooding in the UK and Ireland last week. Stay safe if you are in its path!
Blues Heron
(5,926 posts)Same as Katrina! that's 920 millibars.
jls4561
(1,253 posts)Then go tell fat Donnie!
Call it climate change, or global warming or just yell "HELP!"
BTW, aren't you one of the ones supposed to help?
Edit: Now that I've gotten the venom out of my system, I just want to say that I hope the storm passes with as little damage as possible.