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The UK has been hit by extreme weather many times during past decades - from the big freeze of 1963 to the Great Storm of 1987, and many more. Here's a look at some of the most memorable extreme weather events that have affected the UK.
00:00 The big freeze of 1963
01:57 UK heatwave of summer 1976
03:45 The Great Storm of 1987
05:38 European heatwave of 2003
07:18 The Boscastle floods of 2004
08:58 The coldest December in 100 years
10:45 St Jude’s day storm of October 2013
12:15 Storm Desmond and the Cumbria floods
Sources: Met Office, Wikipedia, Royal Meteorological Society, Richard Johnson, NASA
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The UK has been hit by extreme weather many times during past decades - from the big freeze of 1963 to the Great Storm of 1987, and many more. Here's a look at some of the most memorable extreme weather events that have affected the UK.
00:00 The big freeze of 1963
01:57 UK heatwave of summer 1976
03:45 The Great Storm of 1987
05:38 European heatwave of 2003
07:18 The Boscastle floods of 2004
08:58 The coldest December in 100 years
10:45 St Jude’s day storm of October 2013
12:15 Storm Desmond and the Cumbria floods
Sources: Met Office, Wikipedia, Royal Meteorological Society, Richard Johnson, NASA
Twitter - twitter.com/liamdutton
Facebook - facebook.com/liamtheweatherman
Instagram - instagram.com/liamtheweatherman
Website - liamdutton.com
Liam on Channel 4 News - channel4.com/news/by/liam-dutton
Liam's children's weather book - lnk.to/WCA
Subscribe for more weather explainers: youtube.com/user/liamduttonexplains?sub_confirmation=1
