UK weather

Question 1

Weather hazards of the UK

Answer 1

rain (flooding = damage), wind (damage from properties, trees and forests), snow and ice (dangerous, shutting of businesses = economic impacts, crops die), thunderstorms (fires = damage), hailstorms, heat waves (heat exhaustion, tourism boost), drought (wate supplies decrease and crops die)

Question 2

Is the weather becoming more extreme in the UK

Answer 2

extreme temperatures = December 2010 was coldest in 100 years but April 2011 was hottest, more rain = rainfall record have been broken, fooding

Question 3

Why was December 2010 do snowy and cold

Answer 3

cold air from northern Europe and Siberia caused longer periods of cold weather