UK's Weirdest Weather 2014

2014 THE YEAR OF 3x WEIRD more rain than normal in wettest WEATHER January ever recorded. 1,500 trees fell on railway networks. Last year the UK saw some very unusual weather, costing £14 billion, Take a look at the strangest cases and damage caused by the weather last year. The hottest year £180m since records began! spent by government on road repairs. €88m 3,000 in coastal repairs. lightning strikes in 2 hours on July 18th. October 5th saw 31 tornadoes in one day. 600,000 22 passengers had flights delayed. sinkholes appear in UK, biggest 130ft deep and 160ft wide in Derbyshire. 5,000 flights stopped from landing at London airports due to strong winds. Winds from 2 hurricanes Bertha & Gonzalo brought tropical rains and floods. 10ft Sands from the Sahara desert blown wall of sea foam 2,500miles made from dead algae envelops blanketed the UK. South West coast. 64 flood warnings in February alone. 21,000 £22m 2.5bn 100,000 cars destroyed costing feet of water cover 30,000 600,000 flooded properties cost in insurance claims. €500m acres in Somerset, where in insurance. homes were flooded. Warm waters In Devon, the damage to the regional economy was lure 7 times more 6ft Sources £1bn. Farmers claim giant barrel jellyfish to coasts. channel4.com €112m metaffice.gov.uk netweather.tv in insurance on lost animals, machines and crops. news.sky.com RLNI.org rayalnavy.mod.uk telegraph.co.uk theguardian.com/uk ANDREWS SYKES uk.reuters.com