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So miserable for this time of year. you do not expect to have one of the wettestjuly is on record last month and that this month, as we are starting august, have another star thatis starting august, have another star that is what a miserable and windy. this is only the third time since the met office began naming storms, they have named the storm today, and thatis they have named the storm today, and that is fairly significant, showing you how rare it is that you get this bad weather during august, here in the uk. this is a time a couple of weeks ago southern europe were seeing a heatwave and here we are seeing a heatwave and here we are seeing record levels of rainfall. the way things are going, it doesn t look like this when or wind. any time soon at all! to look like this when or wind. any time soon at all! look like this when or wind. any time soon at all! to update you on the breaking time soon at all! to update you on the breaking news. former prime minister imran khan s par ....
He s in penarth on the south wales coast. it is obvious, it looks rotten there now. how are you doing? it is miserable. now. how are you doing? it is miserable, have now. how are you doing? it is miserable, have to now. how are you doing? it is miserable, have to be - now. how are you doing? it 3 miserable, have to be honest with you, not where i really want to be on an august morning. and that is the thing, you don t expect to see this weather in the middle of the summer holidays and that is what is making this unusual really, standing out here in the rain, standing in really strong winds, and this is how it will be for the rest of the day. we talked about the weather warning and the criteria, only one of three storms named by the met office in august since they started naming storms. i expect to seek gusts of up to 60 mph in some places across the welsh coast land and further down to south west england. the amber warning is now in place right over west wales and south wales, wi ....
Phil Paleologos thinks that it's doing a disservice to name hurricanes and major storms after people, and that should be named for more destructive things. ....
it s tough to see. but it s not impossible. state and local governments are taking all sorts of actions as well. so there are some good new stories inso here about the job growth and renewables and the nature-based solutions absorbing a lot of the emissions we re having. but it s a major blow. it s going to take more than we expected, and it will test the edges. so i m cautiously optimistic, put it s a very bitter pill. i will admit. we can start naming storms and start appointing heat officers and start doing things with cooler buildings and doing it at the local level. but ultimately, we have to have some federal action. thank you so much. thank you. we are expecting prerecorded ....
O2 arena, which opened as the millennium dome 22 years ago. dudley was the first of the three named storms to hit the uk injust one week in february. even a wind turbine collapsed in wales. after eunice, there was franklin, which brought major flooding. here, one bridge in northern england is swept away and goes crashing into another. since 2015, the uk met office has been giving names to storms to raise awareness of the severe weather on the way. here from the national coastwatch institute on the isle of wight, i am able to link to will lang who is at the met office in exeter. will, what is the purpose of naming storms? how useful is that? i think when we started naming storms, seven years ago now, with our friends at the irish met service, i think we were probably taking a risk. we didn t know how well it would work and we could be seen to be trivialising bad weather, ....