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Fearing additional fire hazards and the often deadly consequences of downed trees, the state's power companies are preparing for widespread outages for thousands of residents. Pacific Gas and Electric has already reported its first shutoffs across the Bay Area.  … [Read more...] about As California sees dangerous wind gusts, Hawaiian islands hit with flash flooding

Catherine Wright, acting executive director for flood and coastal risk management at the EA, said: 'That rain is falling on very wet ground and so we are very concerned that it's a very volatile situation and we are expecting significant flooding to occur on the back of that weather.' … [Read more...] about ‘Storm Christoph 1 – Ferrari 0’: Tempest is blamed for supercar smash while town locals listen for ‘flood sirens’ giving them 20 minutes to evacuate as three-day deluge strikes… with SNOW due on Thursday

Catherine Wright, acting executive director for flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, said: "That rain is falling on very wet ground and so we are very concerned that it's a very volatile situation and we are expecting significant flooding to occur on the back of that weather." … [Read more...] about UK weather: Storm Christoph to bring two months’ worth of rain and flooding fears

Met Office spokesperson Nicola Maxey said: "It's a very unsettled period as we go through the week until Friday where we see colder air from the North pushing away the low pressure, so we expect a fine cold day on Friday." … [Read more...] about Storm Christoph to drop 2 months’ rain in 36 hours as UK braces for major floods

Today A mixture of sunny spells and showers. The showers becoming mostly confined to northwestern parts with a longer spell of rain for Scotland this afternoon, whilst southern and eastern England become mostly dry. Windy in the north. … [Read more...] about UK weather: ‘Snowmelt’ and three days of rain trigger ‘danger to life’ flood warnings

Met Office spokesperson Nicola Maxey said: "It's a very unsettled period as we go through the week until Friday where we see colder air from the North pushing away the low pressure, so we expect a fine cold day on Friday." … [Read more...] about Storm Christoph officially named by Met Office as ‘danger to life’ warnings issued

Lives could be risk due to fast-flowing or deep floodwater, the Met Office has warned - with delays and cancellations to public transport and a "good chance some communities cut off by flooded roads". … [Read more...] about Britain to be battered by torrential rain with homes flooded and communities cut off

Possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel Possible travel delays on roads stranding some vehicles and passengers Some rural communities could become cut off Power cuts may occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected. The Met Office warning adds: "An area of rain will move eastwards through Saturday and is likely to turn to snow as this runs into cold air over east and southeast England. … [Read more...] about Heavy snow alerts upgraded as Met Office warns vehicles could be stranded

Mr McGivern said: "At lower levels it will of course be rain and some very heavy rain starting to emerge there across northern England and North Wales, combine that with the snow melt expected and you're looking at a serious risk of flooding." … [Read more...] about Storm Christoph ‘double whammy’ as Met Office warns of more snow coming tomorrow

On Tuesday evening,  Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey, Chair of the GM Strategic Coordination Group for Storm Christoph, said: "In order to ensure that we're as prepared as possible for the heavy rainfall expected from Storm Christoph, we have declared a major incident. … [Read more...] about Storm Christoph: Greater Manchester declares major incident amid fears of widespread flooding