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World weather news, March 2008
7th-10th
Highway and utility crews cleared major highways in time for Monday morning commuters following the snowstorm that buried parts of Ohio (USA) in as much as 20 inches of snow during the weekend. The storm battered a wide band from the lower Mississippi Valley to New England, dropping 17.5 inches of snow at St. Agatha, Maine; 14 inches at Milan, Ind.; and up to a foot in parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, western New York state and other parts of Ohio. Ohio had one traffic death linked to the weather, and four men died while shovelling snow. Two traffic deaths were blamed on the storm in western New York state and one in Tennessee. Two people were killed Friday as tornadoes spun out of the eastern edge of the weather system in Florida.
10th
Tropical cyclone Jokwe brought heavy downpours and winds of up to 200 km/h to Mozambique for a third day yesterday, killing at least eight people and forcing thousands to flee their homes. Almost 20,000 houses have been destroyed, electricity pylons wrecked and trees uprooted. Rainfall of 22cm at Nampula, Mozambique, early in the day was tied indirectly to Jokwe.
9th-10th
Strong winds in parts of southern England triggered travel chaos and flash floods. By the following morning some 2,400 homes remained without electricity along the south coast, which took the brunt of gale-force winds and driving rain which swept in from the Atlantic, also hitting northern France. The storm forced the cancellation of over 130 flights from London's Heathrow and other airports, while the main Channel port of Dover closed and three vessels ran into problems off the English and French coasts. Amid winds of up to 80 miles per hour, sea defences were breached in a number of places, flooding homes and forcing residents and tourists to evacuate to higher ground. At least two people died as a result of the storm. A 26-year-old fell into the sea when his boat was hit by a large wave on Sunday in the port of Relecq-Kerhuon, close to Brest in Brittany. Meanwhile, a motorist was crushed to death when a branch torn loose by gale-force winds hit her car at Saint-Denis le Ferment in southern Normandy. MSL pressure reports on land included 950.1mb at Shannon Airport at 0600GMT and 951.3mb at Cork Airport at the same time. The lowest pressure ever recorded in the British Isles during March was 946.2mb at Wick in 1876.
10th
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in Montreal after between 25 and 30 centimetres of snow hit the whole of Quebec. The city's 38 snow removal sites have reportedly been filled, with five new ones opened due to the harsh weather. Other regions have Canada have also experienced heavy snowfall this year. Richard Hewitt, deputy city mayor manager in Ottawa, said that the economic cost of the severe conditions could run into millions of dollars.
11th
A third building has been destroyed as near-record snowfall covers Ottawa. The Ottawa Citizen reported that three men escaped the arena at Equidae Stables in Greely when the roof collapsed at 10.00am local time. A shed to the side of the main building collapsed onto a car, resulting in unspecified damage.
12th
A second storm has hit parts of the UK bringing severe gales, localised flooding and travel disruption to North Wales and Northwest England. Northern Ireland saw the gales first last night and as the storm moved east, severe gales transferred into England and Wales. North Wales reported the strongest gust of wind with 90mph at Capel Curig. As this second storm moved in, high tides caused a port in North Wales to flood over its harbour walls this morning. As the rising tide surged onto land, boat owners in Port Penrhyn in Bangor braved the cold waters to stop their boats from being damaged. In Northwest England, residents in Merseyside woke up to damage. Winds over 80mph brought down trees and masonry off buildings. The M6 motorway at the Thelwall Viaduct in Cheshire was closed in both directions this morning after seven lorries overturned in storm force gusts.
13th
Police and psychologists are attributing a spate of angry behaviour in eastern Canada to the region's record winter snowfall. Snow-blower thefts and aggressive clashes are being described as "snow rage" incidents by authorities. More than a dozen calls have been received by Quebec City police from neighbours complaining about fellow residents shovelling snow onto their property. A man has been charged after threatening a fellow motorist with a toy gun in Montreal, while a 12-guage shotgun was pulled by a man in Quebec City, who claimed a snowplow operator was blowing snow onto his property. Police spokesperson Sandra Dion said: "People are sick of snow."
14th
Adelaide today recorded its 12th consecutive day of maximum temperatures above 35C, continuing a record run for Adelaide and for any capital city in Australia. March daily minumim temperature records tumbled at many locations around the state including Adelaide. This was the warmest March night for Adelaide since records began. Overnight Adelaide recorded a minimum temperature of 30.2C at 6.35am, breaking the previous record of 29.7C in March 1985. The highest daily minimum temperature record for the whole year for Adelaide is 33.5C set in January 1983. Adelaide was also the hottest place in the state overnight, while Yongala was the coolest location in the state recording 16.2C. Many other locations around South Australia broke record March daily minimum temperatures overnight. These included were Victor Harbor 24.9C, Strathalbyn 27.9C and Kimba 25.8C. Average minimum temperatures across the state for March so far are generally 2C to 7C above average.
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