UK and World weather report: A look back at an unsettled week
| 17:30 UK time, Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Distance travelled ~ 621'920'800 km
UK:
Last week brought some varied conditions over the UK and around the world there was some severe weather.
It was an unsettled week across many parts of the country during last week. On Tuesday there was a wet start across southern and central parts of England with heavy and thundery showers moving up from the continent.
Many parts of the UK saw heavy and thundery showers at times through the week, with large rainfall totals in places. Some spectacular thunderstorms with large hail developed over parts of East Anglia on Saturday.
Cool temperatures over the weekend were accentuated by persistent rain and unseasonably strong winds over northern parts of the UK. It was distinctly autumnal across north eastern parts of Scotland, with gusts of wind reaching 68 miles an hour at Rosehearty, on the Moray Firth coast and Wick, Highland.
On Sunday in the Highlands, Resallach recorded a 24-hour rainfall total of 85.6mm, whilst Wick and Loch Glascarnoch recording more than 60mm of rain.
Around the world:
Hurricane Irene, the first major tropical storm of the season in the North Atlantic claimed at least 40 lives as it moved through parts of the Caribbean and the USA. Hurricane Irene's winds peaked at around 110 miles per hour through the Bahamas. Irene is the first hurricane to hit the USA since Ike in 2008.
During Thursday it was reported that at least 16 people were killed when flash floods swept through a valley in the Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Dozens of houses were destroyed by the flood, which was triggered by heavy rains and land sliding overnight in Kundian valley.
On Sunday, Typhoon Nanmadol left at least 8 people dead in the Philippines. Powerful winds and rain triggered floods and landslides, blocking major roads and destroying several bridges.
Meanwhile during last week, Eastern Europe was being hit by a near-record heat wave which has seen wildfires and people fainting in the streets. Authorities in Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Albania have issued warnings for people to stay indoors and drink water. In the central Bosnian city of Mostar, temperatures soared to 45 Celsius.
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