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  • The cause of all that chaos was a jet stream, a band of intense wind that blows west to east about six miles above the ground, which blew a series of storm systems directly over the UK.

  • Now the jet stream is doing it again, drawing strength from a mass of warm air over Florida.

  • It's accelerated from 150 250 miles per hour in less than a week.

  • That has not only pushed or hear a straight over.

  • The UK also turned it from a normal low pressure system into a hurricane force monster this weekend.

  • Many long haul flights to the U.

  • K was hold not even take off because they would be landing on Sunday at the peak of the storm highways.

  • England has warned that exposed bridges such as the seven crossings may have to close in London. 00:01:0.090 --> 00:01:7.560 The royal parks have decided to close all eight of their parks, including Hyde Park and ST James's, for fear of falling trees and branches. 00:01:7.690 --> 00:01:10.510 Sporting events have also suffered in London.

  • Charity run for 25,000 runners organized by Cancer Research UK has been cancelled, as has 1/2 marathon planned for clean ethically in Wales.

  • Train operators have also warned of cancellations, while several warned of an emerging new hazard caused by the growing popularity of garden trampolines, which are increasingly being caught by the wind and landing in cuttings blocking lines.

  • Britain may bounce back from this storm, but is climate change make such extreme weather ever commoner?

  • We can look forward to many more storms like here.

The cause of all that chaos was a jet stream, a band of intense wind that blows west to east about six miles above the ground, which blew a series of storm systems directly over the UK.

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