The Paris
climate talks are in full swing. And over the weekend of December 5-6 our
increasingly erratic climate has shown its ability to impact even a rich
country like the UK. ‘Storm Desmond’ has deposited very large quantities of
rain over Scotland, northern England and north Wales, causing widespread
flooding – particularly in Cumbria.
The Met Office say that Honister Pass has set a UK rain
record for any 24-hour period, of 341.4 mm. Provisional data has a new 48 hour
rain record at Thirlmere of at least 405mm – that’s 16 inches.
Read the Friends of
the Earth report - “Floods, climate change and flood defence investment.”
(This is a little
dated, but still interesting – some of the rainfall numbers are astounding – Robert McLean.)
