106 MPH Storm: Extremely Heavy Winds Flood Cities & Towns In Britain's Worst Storm In 60 Years [VIDEO]
Extreme weather conditions travel worldwide, as Britian's south-west coast continues to ravage its' worst storm in 60 years.
106 mph winds enveloped Britian's west coast in a crippling hit to the already flooded cities and towns. Railroads were closed, trucks toppled, and trees fell as Wednesday's storm hit London.
Britian's Met Office, the country's weather control center, released various severe weather warnings before the storm hit land. Three storms have hit the UK within the last week, causing many to point the finger at global warming while the UK has to recover from it's worst storm to date.
The life-threatening storm has now opened the flood-gates to a worldwide weather conversation. Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann said this in a statement to The Associated Press, "The bottom line is this: we are indeed now seeing with our very eyes the impacts of climate change on severe weather, record heat, drought, more intense hurricane activity."
Britian's Met Office has yet to point the finger at global warming, and has released no official statement regarding a definite cause. However, their chief scientist Julia Slingo recently told the BBC that "all the evidence suggests there is a link to climate change."
Local residents are bearing the dangerous storm the best way they can. Reports of a two-year-old girl who was miraculously saved from a tree-toppled car are not uncommon. However, on Wednesday a 70-year-old man was killed after he was electrocuted while trying to remove a tree from damaged power lines.
The Met Office and state emergency groups are doing everything they can to protect and shield residents from a storm that ravaged thier area, in their wettest February to date.
