Liam Dutton
‘April is the wettest month’ – with apologies to TS Eliot
Channel 4 News Weather Presenter Liam Dutton blogs on the wettest April on record.
Search results for ‘UK Weather’
1,201 items found
-
Flood fears after heavy rainfall
Flood warnings are issued in southern England and Wales after a night of heavy rain. But the hosepipe ban remains despite the wettest April on record.
-
Gardeners water on despite hosepipe ban
A quarter of gardeners are routinely flouting a ban on using hosepipes to water their garden, according to new figures.
-
Liam Dutton
-
Liam Dutton
Flood warnings in a drought? How?
There was a huge contrast in the weather across the UK through the weekend. Scotland and Northern Ireland were bathed in sunshine, whereas England and Wales were drenched in heavy rain.
-
Green’s pledge on Heathrow queues
Immigration Minister Damian Green promises fully staffed desks at Heathrow over the peak summer period. But Easyjet tells Channel 4 News it is “concerned” about delays at other airports.
-
Man dies in trapped car as flood fears increase
A man dies as his car is trapped in a fast-flowing flood in Hampshire. Elsewhere, heavy rain forces the cancellation of the Badminton horse trials in Gloucestershire.
-
The wettest drought on record?
Much of the UK awoke to another miserable rainy day with winds strong enough to fell trees, snow in the hills and 113 flood warnings – in the midst of an official drought. What is going on?
-
Liam Dutton
Has this week’s rain helped the drought situation?
The weather has continued with an unsettled theme during the past week, with most places seeing further heavy downpours, but what impact, if any has this had on the drought situation?
-
Liam Dutton
Tornadoes in Warwickshire and Essex?
The weather proved to be lively across the UK yesterday, with active showers and thunderstorms rotating around an area of low pressure, bringing torrential downpours and very gusty winds.
-
Liam Dutton
Wet, wet, wet.
The weekend saw sunshine and showers continue across the UK, with some places seeing more downpours than others. April is turning out to be a wet month and there’s plenty more to come this week.
-
Liam Dutton
What gives showers oomph?
Over the past week, the weather across the UK has been characterised by sunshine and showers, with some of them heavy accompanied by thunder. But what actually determines how heavy a shower will be?
-
Liam Dutton
Stunning earth images from space
As well as keeping an eye on the weather here in the UK, I also like to look at the stunning images that are captured by the satellites orbiting the earth.
-
Liam Dutton
Rain is falling but the drought area expands. Why?
The Environment Agency has declared today that another 17 English counties are now officially in drought just a few weeks after parts of Yorkshire were added to the drought zone.
-
Drought spreads to over half of Britain
A further 17 counties are declared official drought zones, as the Environment Agency warns that water shortages could last until Christmas and beyond.
-
Liam Dutton
A wet and windy week lies ahead
The week just gone has been dominated by low pressure that brought most places a spell of rain on Easter Monday and then parked itself in the North Sea bringing heavy, thundery showers thereafter.
