You may have seen on the news that the UK is being lashed by storm system after storm system over this winter. Many parts, including the Somerset Levels near where we live, have been evacuated due to flooding. A section of a coast railway in Dawlish on the south coast has been completely washed away leaving parts of the south west isolated by rail. People have been swept away by enormous waves.
It is not cold. It is mild but soaking wet, with wind speeds of up to 90mph as each storm system comes over - and we're getting them every few days.
I found this website earth.nullschool.net which illustrates in a dramatic way what is going to hit us over the next few days.
This was the storm we had 2 days ago that destroyed the railway:
If you have a few minutes to play, go and check it out. And send up a few prayers for those poor people who are facing evacuation from their homes, and looting to add insult to injury.
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My heart goes out to those in Somerset, very close to where we used to live. The patterns and colours look so pretty in those pictures, yet they spell devastation for so many.
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