Bye bye storms and flooding? Hello snow??

Fierce storms battered the UK as we said a wet and windy goodbye to 2013 and a stormy hello to 2014, with Mother Nature leaving devastation in her wake thanks to torrential rain, fierce winds, flooding and tidal waves the country has been storm ravaged again and again over the past few weeks.   

Storm surges have savaged miles of coastline with the power of the storms having collapsed cliffs and wrecked sea fronts with homes and businesses along the coast being flooded and battered by the wind and water.  Thousands of acres of countryside have been left underwater and rivers have overflowed leading to immense flooding throughout the country with hundreds of homes flooded across Britain.  The misery of the storms has seen hundreds of flood alerts being issued with villages and towns being evacuated for safety.  Devastatingly the damage caused by the storm has not been limited to the coast, countryside and homes as sadly lives have been lost due to the bad weather.

After weeks of immense storms the severe weather warnings issued by the Environment Agency have at last expired but the risk of further flooding remains due to the impact of the vast rainfall already experienced and further forecasts of rain with water still draining into rivers which could lead to further overflowing of some rivers. 

A wet and windy end to 2013 and a stormy start to 2014.

Over the past few weeks the UK has been battered by storms, with strong winds and excessive rain causing havoc and damage across many parts of the UK.  Thanks to the unrelenting weather sadly many people across the country have been affected by flooding and damage to their homes.  Sadly countless people were affected by the unforgiving weather over Christmas and the New Year, with 2014 starting on a very damp note.

Luckily apart from experiencing strong winds and heavy rain we have not been affected badly by the storms with the only casualty of the weather being our fence but sadly there has been areas near where we now live and near where we have recently moved from where friends and family still live that has been gravely affected by the bad weather.

Even though we were not affected directly by the bad weather in our new home the town where we now live, Haverfordwest did experience some limited flooding especially when the tide peaked causing the River Cleddau to overflow.  Keeping safe and dry from the weather (apart from the odd dash to the shops where poor Bug and I would return home as drowned rats in spite of rain covers and umbrellas being used and coats zipped up tight) I kept abreast of how our new county of Pembrokeshire was fairing in the bad weather.  Thanks to Radio Pembrokeshire and Pembrokeshire County Councils social media updates and the Western Telegraphs’ live updates as flooding hit Pembrokeshire I heard all about how the county was being affected and could witness the damage through the photographs they were posting.