{"id":16376,"date":"2020-02-18T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T14:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=16376"},"modified":"2020-07-03T06:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T05:41:46","slug":"storm-dennis-2020-menacing-cyclone-bomb-grasps-the-north-atlantic-landslides-and-travel-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/storm-dennis-2020-menacing-cyclone-bomb-grasps-the-north-atlantic-landslides-and-travel-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Dennis 2020: Menacing Cyclone-bomb grasps the North Atlantic\u2014 landslides and travel chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UK Storm Denis<\/strong>; a menace; identified\nas a <strong>&#8220;weather bomb&#8221;<\/strong> according to the national weather service\nof Great Britain, devastating the UK continually. The Meteorological officials\ndetermined the storm as a weather bomb because the air pressure decreased by a\ncertain measure in 24 hours, <strong>causing massive turbulence and high wind speed.\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The storm&#8217;s unleashed wind power of 91 miles\nper hour stranded 1200 miles wide \u2014 boasted its citizens with many casualties.\nThe <strong>severe weather<\/strong> condition&#8217;s <strong>impact<\/strong> caused much chaos to\ndifferent areas of <strong>England, Wales, and Scotland<\/strong>; anyhow, most of those\nareas are still recovering from the previous storm Ciara which called as Sabine\nin German-speaking countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The residents of the affected areas have been rescued and advised by the British soldiers and flood wardens. Many residents have urged to evacuate to safer premises due to life-threatening floods and stubborn winds. However, many roads and pavements have been swallowing by the colder rivers; flowing faster than last week itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>The chief meteorologist<\/strong> at the Met Office said,<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">We are urging people to follow the safety advice from officials and to <strong>keep a close eye on the latest Met Office weather warnings.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Andrew Pearce<\/strong> from the Environment Agency said,<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">We have concerned the storm Dennis is gonna be at least severe as storm Ciara, and there are consequences that we are deploying all of our <strong>mobiles and pumps, all of our temporaries defend across the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The recent update of <strong>Storm Dennis 2020\nfloods<\/strong> reported as a woman found dead after falling into a strongly flowing\nriver in Worcestershire. West Mercia Police have confirmed the<strong> body of the\nwoman in her 50s found near Tenbury<\/strong>, supposedly, she was swept into floodwater,\nwhen her car became stuck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">If witness any major incident, please dial 101 and inform to the officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IT failure disruption at the Heathrow AirPort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of holidaymakers are overtaken by\ntravel chaos as flights had cancelled and delayed due to the UK Storm Dennis.\nBy the Sunday morning, approximately about <strong>170 flights had cancelled along\nwith 20 British Airways Flights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>British Airways<\/strong> recently posted on Twitter for a response to a customer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">We&#8217;re aware Heathrow Airport is currently experiencing a technical issue that is impacting some of their IT systems across the airport, affecting a number of airlines. We are working with them to resolve the issue as a priority and <strong>apologise for the delay<\/strong> to our customers.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The airline additionally stated that most of the flight cancellations are due to Heathrow Airport&#8217;s technical issues caused by the Storm Dennis. However, the airline is offering a <strong>refund or rebooking<\/strong> for most of the passengers due to inconvenience. And, the airline is willing to provide <strong>overnight accommodation<\/strong> for guests who experienced unnecessary disturbance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Warned areas<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">Teme, including for Tenbury Wells and Burford and Eardiston in Worcestershire, and the river is approaching record levels.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">Little Hereford and Ashford Carbonell near the Herefordshire border and Ludlow in Shropshire have warned.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">The River Ouse at Acaster Malbis, Bishopthorpe, Naburn, Naburn Lock.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>UK Met Office forecast for the next 05 days<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sunny pauses with winds and showers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">Monday the 17th February 2020<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Morning<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Sunny pauses with a mixture of wind and showers. Showers will be heavy with hail and thunder in some places. Northern and western UK and the south coast of England will get heaviest and frequent wind and showers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Night<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Winds with clear periods and more showers,\nespecially in the north and west. Showers will be somewhat heavy, and Northern\nhills will be wintry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">Tuesday the 18th February 2020<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Regular winds with a mixture of sunny pauses\nand showers, heavy at times with hail and thunder in few places. Chilly\nweather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">19th Wednesday to 21st Friday (02\/2020)<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Dry start on Wednesday. The rain will be\nspreading towards the east, and heavy in western areas. Clearing to sunshine\nand showers on Thursday. Further rain will be spreading southeast on Friday\nwith gales developing across many places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please make sure to stay up to date of Storm Dennis 2020 UK through <strong>the Met Office UK<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Storm Denis; a menace; identified as a &#8220;weather bomb&#8221; according to the national weather service of Great Britain, devastating the UK continually. The Meteorological officials determined the storm as a weather bomb because the air pressure decreased by a certain measure in 24 hours, causing massive turbulence and high wind speed. 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